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Apple iPhone 12 Mini review: Apple’s first small flagship phone

With its small 5.4in OLED display, the iPhone 12 Mini is certainly cute - but underestimate its speed and power at your peril

When the iPhone 12 Mini was announced in 2020 it was a watershed moment for the tech giant. Not least because it finally joined the 5G ranks, but its line-up four shiny new flagship phones – the 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and 12 Mini. At the time they came loaded with the fastest-ever chip fitted inside a phone. 

At the time of launch, the 12 Mini was the smallest 5G mobile money could buy. If the iPhone 12 Pro Max looks like the size of a hamster cage, the pocket-friendly Mini is the hamster.

With its diddy 5.4in OLED it’s certainly cute, but underestimate its speed and power at your peril, and if battery life doesn’t let it down, it might just be the cream of the iPhone 12 crop.

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Design and build: All the small things

A 5.4in smartphone is a very manageable size for most, and a blessing for tiny handed folk. It’s not actually that small, and only in comparison to the gargantuan 12 Pro Max , which stands 160.8mm tall.

It’s a shrunken iPhone 12, with flat edges and a boxy brick-like design reminiscent of the halcyon iPhone 4/5 days. It’s even tinier than the 2nd gen iPhone SE released earlier in 2020, and at 135g still feels weighty enough without being a bulky nuisance.

The “Ceramic Shield” glass rebuffs scratches and keeps things shiny – jostling around in bags and pockets for the best part of two weeks and there’s not a scuff in sight.

It also comes in five glorious finishes to temper the more reserved Pro line-up: white, black, blue, green and the one we’re testing – the dashing (product) red where every purchase contributes to the global fund to combat Covid 19.

The smooth back keeps fingerprints at bay and contrasts nicely with the frosted matte edging. It’s also IP68 water resistant, so won’t malfunction in a rain shower, although we wouldn’t take it for laps around a swimming pool.

Unlike the iPhone SE’s inferior LED screen, the 12 Mini rocks a Super Retina XDR OLED HDR display with 2340×1080 pixel resolution. Contrast is brilliant, colours are vibrant with inky blacks and heaps of texture.

Viewing angles and brightness are both excellent. True Tone assures brightness is appropriately tweaked depending on the time of day – possibly our favourite iOS feature.

It’s compatible with MagSafe which automatically attaches to the phone allowing you to customise affairs with a load of natty accessories – not something we found to be particularly alluring, but many will.

The downside? The device uses a Lightning connection rather than the more universal USB-C, there’s no headphone port, or any kind of Samsung Dex for mobile powered desktop computing. Plus, that notch ain’t for everyone. Another gripe is the 60Hz display, where there are many Android smartphones at this price point with 120Hz refresh rates.

Performance: Little know it all

You get the same performance as the iPhone 12 Pro Max owing to the highly efficient A14 Bionic Chip.

5G makes its debut – and provided you can find it, it’s incredibly speedy and although it still feels like a ‘nice to have’, it does future-proof you for when 5G becomes more widely available.

Because of the smaller, scaled-down screen there is the fear that apps will be compromised, and the constant scaling will take a hit to performance, but it’s imperceptible. We found the interface to work seamlessly zipping between apps and tasks and handling everything with flair. Once locked onto Bluetooth, all our devices stayed connected with no break ups too.

Even editing 4K video is totally doable, and the extra power over the previous A13 chip is noticeable, although heavy editing and filming will drain your battery.

The smaller panel will mean that it might not be optimum for watching lengthy videos and films, however the stereo speakers are impressive for a wee smartphone and reasonably full-bodied.

The only thing to really hamper performance is battery life and with a smaller form factor, there’s, you guessed it, a smaller battery. It’ll just about get you to the end of the day without too much heavy use, but it’s not on a par with its larger siblings. There’s no charger in the box either, in a bid for Apple to commit to being more environmentally friendly.

Camera: Apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree

The 12 Mini has the identical dual-camera setup as the very capable 6.1in iPhone 12.

Comprising of a 12MP main camera and 12MP ultra-wide camera it sounds an awful lot like the iPhone 11. However, there’s a third front-facing 12MP camera which works even in Night mode and the main sensor uses a wider f/1.6 aperture and a re-worked lens design which Apple claim will improve overall image quality, especially in low-light settings.

If you want the perks of a telephoto lens and LiDAR sensor you’ll have to opt for the 12 Pro or 12 Pro Max. Coming from an iPhone 11, the jump won’t seem huge, but there’s a marked improvement and more natural colour reproduction where we now notice warmer tones compared to previous models. The differences are incremental and only noticeable when scrutinised, but if you’re stepping up from an iPhone 6, 7 or 8, you’ll experience a huge camera performance upgrade.

Like all iPhone 12 models, it’s capable of 10-bit HDR video recording with Dolby Vision at 30fps (this rises to 60fps for iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, of course). Image stabilisation in on board too, and it works mightily well. Audio pick-up is strong too.

When it comes to real life snapping on the eerily quiet streets of London, the iPhone 12 Mini rarely let us down. In daylight, it was incredibly reliable with popping colours and pleasing definition. Night-time shots were okay, but it did occasionally struggle with slight blurring – maybe that’s the fault of our shaky un-gloved hands.

There’s no doubt there’s more than the physical cameras which can be attributed to the photographic magic. The computational work here is pretty astounding – especially considering the high dynamic range. The iPhone 12 Mini can skilfully capture both subjects in the foreground and details in background without overexposing sky to white blur.

Apple iPhone 12 Mini verdict

The iPhone 12 Mini is a powerhouse which comfortably fits in the hand. It adopts a stunning OLED display, A14 Bionic Chip, silky smooth iOS 14 software and 5G from its larger and more expensive siblings.

We’re weary of big phones, yet sacrificing camera quality and performance is out of the question and that’s where the iPhone 12 Mini, like Sony’s Xperia 5 II , hits the sweet spot. Battery life isn’t world-beating, but it’s a small price to pay for pure pocket gold.

Also check out the slightly newer iPhone 13 Mini , but bear in mind there was no subsequent flagship iPhone Mini after that (though the SE series continues to be available).

Stuff Says…

Score: 5 /5

A mini marvel with all the performance high-hats as its larger sibling

Great camera

Compact size

OLED screen

Battery life

64GB is a bit measly for some

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If you asked me which of the four different models of the new iPhone 12 you should buy without providing any further context on your needs or desires, I would tell you to buy the regular iPhone 12 without question. It has the best balance of screen size, storage, cameras, battery life, and value. It is, in my opinion, the best iPhone 12 for most people. 

But the iPhone 12 mini is my favorite.

For the first time in many years, Apple is making an intentionally small phone. The key, though, is that unlike other small phones, Apple isn’t putting worse parts in it. The iPhone 12 mini has all the same features as the larger iPhone 12. It has the same cameras, same processor, same everything save for two things: screen size and battery life. 

The iPhone 12 mini starts at $729 for a 64GB model in the US, but $50 more gets the 128GB model and that’s a much better option. It’s a small phone, but it’s not a cheap phone. 

Read more: iPhone 12 Pro Max review .

iPhone 12 mini hardware

It’s traditional to refer to phones by their screen size and for the iPhone 12 mini, that number is 5.4 inches diagonally. But that number doesn’t tell the story at all. The phone is smaller than the traditional 4.7-inch-home-button iPhone design we saw from the iPhone 6 on through the 6S, 7, 8, and 2020 SE models, even though the screen itself is larger.

That’s because the 12 mini, just like the rest of the iPhone 12 line, has switched over to Apple’s more modern OLED screens and Face ID notch for unlocking. Those two features allow Apple to design the phone with minimal bezels and maximal screen. 

Despite the smaller screen size, you don’t miss out on as much as you might expect. Compared to the regular iPhone 12 with a 6.1-inch screen, there are maybe one or two lines of text that are cut off. What you actually miss out on is that sense of immersion you can get from a bigger screen when you’re playing a game or watching a movie. Those were the only times this screen felt cramped. 

If there is a knock on the screen, it’s that it doesn’t offer a high refresh rate like many Android phones — including the Pixel 5, which isn’t too far off from the iPhone 12 mini’s size. I’m more annoyed that the Pro iPhones don’t have it, though — here on the mini, I think battery life is more important.

To me, the iPhone 12 mini is most reminiscent of the iPhone 5. Yes, it is bigger and has a glass rear panel instead of aluminum, but it shares the squared-off aluminum sides and general feeling of being an object that was designed to be proportional to your hand. This is a phone that you can get a grip on, literally.

The phone feels well built, with tight tolerances and subtle touches like carefully beveled edges. The rear glass is glossy and the rails are matte — on our black review unit the rails have a kind of slate finish instead of being true black. The camera bump on the back and the Face ID notch on the front are proportionally big compared to the smaller size of the phone, but not annoyingly so. 

Because it’s a bit narrower, it’s easier to reach the opposite side of the screen with your thumb. Because it’s a bit shorter, a lot of people will be able to reach the top for the swipe-down gestures without contorting their hands into awkward claws or risking dropping the phone.

It has a much, much better chance of fitting into small pockets — the kind that are all too common on pants designed for women. 

As a man with big pockets and big hands, I do not have the strongest feelings about why it’s been so frustrating not to have a small iPhone option. But I sympathize with those who do and agree with the sentiment 100 percent — I’m glad Apple recognized it and I hope other phone companies do what they often do and follow Apple’s lead.

iPhone 12 mini battery and performance

Apple chose to make the iPhone 12 mini hew closely to the features and specs of the regular iPhone 12. It’s a laudable goal, but as I used it I found myself second-guessing that decision a little bit. 

It’s corny to say I’m impressed by how much Apple packed into such a small space — but I am. The iPhone 12 mini has the fastest processor on any phone, it has the same dual-camera system as the iPhone 12, and most remarkably it has all the components and antennas necessary for both sub-6 and (in the US) mmWave 5G. It is fast, multitasks well, and doesn’t feel like a compromise when you use it. It really is an amazing feat of technology. 

It’s amazing until the battery dies, anyway.

Battery life is a noticeable step down; you’ll need to pay attention to it

I don’t want to sugarcoat it nor be overly dire about it, but the battery life on the iPhone 12 mini is noticeably worse than on the iPhone 12, which itself was a step down from the battery-champ iPhone 11. For me, it’s good enough, but it does mean I’m already using it differently than I use bigger phones.

Without making any effort at it, I have consistently drained the iPhone 12 mini’s battery by early evening. I’d say it’s fair to expect the 12 mini to clock up something near four hours of screentime with stuff like web browsing, Facebook, and taking photos. Intense games give you a chance to watch the battery percent tick down minute by minute. 

So it’s not bad , but it’s definitely not great. My feeling after a little less than a week is that getting through a day requires a little bit of battery management. Holding yourself back from putting an hour into an Apple Arcade game, knowing where your next opportunity to charge might be, and above all being more willing to turn on the low power mode. 

Of course it works with Apple’s new magnet-based MagSafe system for cases and wireless charging. Using MagSafe, the iPhone 12 mini maxes out at 12W wireless charging instead of the 15W you get on the larger iPhones, but since the battery is smaller, the overall charge time ends up being about the same.

Exactly how small is small? Apple never provides exact battery size specs — and I get the reasoning even though I disagree with it. Lots of factors affect battery life, and the iPhone 12 mini has the benefit of a smaller OLED screen. But it also has 5G.

The reality of 5G in the US continues to be very different from the hype. It’s radically dependent on which network you’re on and what part of the country or city you’re in. Often the speeds are equivalent to LTE. If you stand out on the right street corner and get mmWave, you can indeed get speeds that are astonishing — until you walk down the street and they drop back to the same LTE we’ve used for years.

I often have to remind people that phone design isn’t inevitable. Apple chose to keep this iPhone 12 mini the same thickness as the iPhone 12 and it chose to keep the extra parts necessary for mmWave 5G. I would rather lose both of those things in exchange for a bigger battery. 

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iPhone 12 mini cameras

The iPhone 12 mini has the exact same camera setup as the regular iPhone 12. There’s the 12-megapixel main wide-angle camera with a f/1.6 aperture for letting in more light paired with a somewhat worse 12-megapixel ultrawide camera. Unlike the Pro models, there’s no telephoto lens nor a LIDAR sensor.

I am happy to report that the results are just like the specs: the same. The iPhone 12 mini reverts to Night mode less often than even the iPhone 11 Pro and the Pixel 5. Apple has made some improvements in image processing this year with its A14 Bionic processor that results in more detail in more lighting conditions (aka the Deep Fusion “Sweater Mode”).

It’s a very good camera system, and that’s not usually something I get to say when I’m talking about a smaller phone. Usually smaller means cut corners and the camera is often the place where those corners get cut. Not so here: video is excellent at handling different lighting conditions, portrait mode is usually more than good enough for Instagram, and you can trust the camera to take the photos you expect when you tap the shutter. And you can expect them to get saved quickly.

Next year, though, I hope Apple pays a little more attention to the secondary camera sensors. The selfie camera is fine, but it’s increasingly disappointing compared to the advances on the main camera.

I can take some dramatic shots with the ultrawide — the tree you see above is objectively boring but looks dope with this lens. Still, if you zoom in even a little, you can see that on a technical level the ultrawide is also far behind the main sensor. 

As I said above, I don’t have ergonomic reasons to need a smaller phone. My advice for most people is to get the regular iPhone 12 for its better battery and bigger screen. 

And yet, I love the iPhone 12 mini. It is my favorite of the new iPhone 12 models. Despite real concerns with the battery, it’s the one I have decided to get for myself. 

The first iPhone in a long time to be designed around ergonomics instead of screen size

For me, the reason to prefer the iPhone 12 mini is hard to state in words, but I’ll give it a shot. With every phone, you can tell what it was designed around . There’s some key feature that everything else has to contend with, that sets the hardware narrative. For many years now, that feature was the screen. Making it big, bright, beautiful, and bezel-less was the big thing driving phone design, and all other considerations were secondary.

The iPhone 12 mini feels like the first iPhone in a long time with a different goal. It was designed around the human hand and real pockets. It is an object that doesn’t aim to be judged against other smartphones (which are mostly big now), but to be judged simply as an object you need to hold. You judge a spatula or can opener or whatever by whether it’s easy to grip, by whether it fits in your hand. It’s about time we got back to judging smartphones that way, too.

That design decision means that other things — like battery life — are secondary. But it’s nevertheless a strange kind of relief to hold it. You know the feeling when a buzzing noise you’d grown accustomed to suddenly stops and you realize you’ve been annoyed all day but couldn’t say why? It’s like that. 

Whether we admit it or not (and whether we hate it or not), we’ve subtly been adapting ourselves to ever-growing phone sizes. The iPhone 12 mini is adapted to us .

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Agree to Continue: iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max

Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It’s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. But we’re going to start counting exactly how many times you have to hit “agree” to use devices when we review them since these are agreements most people don’t read and definitely can’t negotiate.

To use any of the iPhone 12 models, you have to agree to:

• The Apple terms of service agreement, which you can have sent to you by email
• Apple’s warranty agreement, which you can have sent to you by email

These agreements are nonnegotiable, and you cannot use the phone at all if you don’t agree to them.

The iPhone also prompts you to set up Apple Cash and Apple Pay at setup, which further means you have to agree to:

• The Apple Cash agreement, which specifies that services are actually provided by Green Dot Bank and Apple Payments, Inc. and further consists of the following agreements:
• The Apple Cash terms and conditions
• The electronic communications agreement
• The Green Dot bank privacy policy
• Direct payments terms and conditions
• Direct payments privacy notice
• Apple Payments, Inc. license

If you add a credit card to Apple Pay, you have to agree to:

• The terms from your credit card provider, which do not have an option to be emailed

Final tally: two mandatory agreements, six optional agreements for Apple Cash, one optional agreement for Apple Pay

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iPhone 12 mini - Technical Specifications

(PRODUCT) RED

Ceramic Shield front, Glass back and aluminum design

Size and Weight 2

Width: 2.53 inches (64.2 mm)

Height: 5.18 inches (131.5 mm)

Depth: 0.29 inch (7.4 mm)

Weight: 4.76 ounces (135 grams)

Super Retina XDR display

5.4‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display

2340‑by‑1080-pixel resolution at 476 ppi

HDR display

Wide color (P3)

Haptic Touch

2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)

625 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits max brightness (HDR)

Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

The iPhone 12 mini display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 5.42 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

Splash, Water, and Dust Resistant 3

Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529

A14 Bionic chip

6-core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores

16-core Neural Engine

Dual 12MP camera system: Wide and Ultra Wide cameras

Wide: ƒ/1.6 aperture

Ultra Wide: ƒ/2.4 aperture and 120° field of view

2x optical zoom out

Digital zoom up to 5x

Portrait mode with advanced bokeh and Depth Control

Portrait Lighting with six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High-Key Mono)

Optical image stabilization (Wide)

Seven‑element lens (Wide); five‑element lens (Ultra Wide)

True Tone flash with Slow Sync

Panorama (up to 63MP)

Sapphire crystal lens cover

100% Focus Pixels (Wide)

Deep Fusion

Smart HDR 3

Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos

Lens correction (Ultra Wide)

Advanced red‑eye correction

Auto image stabilization

Photo geotagging

Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG

Video Recording

HDR video recording with Dolby Vision up to 4K at 30 fps

4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps

720p HD video recording at 30 fps

Optical image stabilization for video (Wide)

Digital zoom up to 3x

True Tone flash

QuickTake video

Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps

Time‑lapse video with stabilization

Night mode Time‑lapse

Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)

Continuous autofocus video

Take 8MP still photos while recording 4K video

Playback zoom

Video formats recorded: HEVC and H.264

Stereo recording

TrueDepth Camera

12MP camera

ƒ/2.2 aperture

Animoji and Memoji

Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps

Lens correction

Retina Flash

Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition

Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in stores, within apps, and on the web

Send and receive money in Messages with Apple Cash 4

Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

Pay for your ride using Express Transit 5

Learn more about Apple Pay

Learn more about Apple Cash

Cellular and Wireless

Model A2172*

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)

5G NR mmWave (Bands n260, n261)

FDD‑LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)

TD‑LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)

CDMA EV‑DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Model A2176*

5G (sub‑6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO 6

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA 6

Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology

Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness 7

NFC with reader mode

Express Cards with power reserve

For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/iphone/LTE .

Built-in GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, and BeiDou

Digital compass

iBeacon microlocation

Video Calling 8

FaceTime video calling over cellular or Wi‑Fi

FaceTime HD (1080p) video calling over 5G or Wi-Fi

Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

Screen sharing

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial audio

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

Zoom with rear‑facing camera

Audio Calling 8

FaceTime audio

Voice over LTE (VoLTE) 6

Wi‑Fi calling 6

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

Spatial audio playback

User‑configurable maximum volume limit

Video Playback

Supported formats include HEVC and H.264

HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG

Up to 4K HDR AirPlay for mirroring, photos, and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay 2–enabled smart TV

Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately) 9

Use your voice to send messages, set reminders, and more

Activate hands‑free with only your voice using “Hey Siri”

Use your voice to run shortcuts from your favorite apps

Learn more about Siri

External Buttons and Connectors

Volume up/down

Ring/Silent

Side button

Built-in stereo speakers

Built-in microphones

Lightning connector

Power and Battery 11

Video playback: Up to 15 hours

Video playback (streamed): Up to 10 hours

Audio playback: Up to 50 hours

Built-in rechargeable lithium‑ion battery

MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W 12

Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W 12

Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter

Fast‑charge capable: Up to 50% charge in 30 minutes 13 with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)

Wireless charging up to 15W 12

Magnet array

Alignment magnet

Accessory Identification NFC

Magnetometer

Three‑axis gyro

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Ambient light sensor

Operating System

iOS is the world’s most personal and secure mobile operating system, packed with powerful features and designed to protect your privacy.

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Accessibility

Built‑in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPhone. Learn more - Accessibility .

Features include:

Voice Control

RTT and TTY support

Siri and Dictation

Type to Siri

Switch Control

Closed Captions

AssistiveTouch

Spoken Content

Built-in Apps

iTunes Store

Voice Memos

Free Apps from Apple

Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips, and Apple Store app are preinstalled.

Apple Store

iTunes Remote

Dual SIM (nano-SIM and eSIM) 14

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are not compatible with existing micro‑SIM cards.

eSIM not supported in all regions. Learn more about eSIM on iPhone .

Rating for Hearing Aids

Mail attachment support.

Viewable document types

.jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics; .usdz (USDZ Universal)

System Requirements

Apple ID (required for some features)

Internet access 15

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder

macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 through macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.8 or later

Windows 7 or later using iTunes 12.10.10 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download )

Environmental Requirements

Operating ambient temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

Nonoperating temperature: −4° to 113° F (−20° to 45° C)

Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

Operating altitude: tested up to 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Language support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Traditional Hong Kong), French (Canada, France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Pinyin QWERTY, Pinyin 10 Key, Shuangpin, Stroke, Sucheng, Zhuyin), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Korean (2-Set, 10 Key), Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Ainu, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Belarusian, Bodo, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese - Traditional (Cangjie, Handwriting, Stroke, Sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dhivehi, Dogri, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Fula (Adlam), Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin, Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Kannada, Kashmiri (Arabic, Devanagari), Kazakh, Khmer, Konkani (Devanagari), Kurdish (Arabic, Latin), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic, Latin), Malayalam, Maltese, Manipuri (Bangla, Meetei Mayek), Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Punjabi, Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari, Ol Chiki), Serbian (Cyrillic, Latin), Sindhi (Arabic, Devanagari), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek (Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin), Vietnamese, Welsh

QuickType keyboard support with autocorrection

Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - Traditional (Zhuyin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Japan), English (Singapore), English (UK), English (U.S.), Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Dutch (Belgium), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Transliteration), Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese (Kana), Japanese (Romaji), Korean (2-set), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with predictive input

English (Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Mexico, Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard, Najdi), Cantonese (Traditional), Dutch, Hindi (Devanagari, Latin), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickType keyboard support with multilingual input

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Pinyin), Chinese - Traditional (Pinyin), French (France), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Latin)

QuickType keyboard support with contextual suggestions

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Najdi), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (Latin), Russian, Swedish, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Vietnamese

QuickPath keyboard support

English (U.S.), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Singapore), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Swedish, Vietnamese

Siri languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Chile, Mexico, Spain, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish (Finland), Hebrew (Israel), Malay (Malaysia), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian (Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand), Turkish (Türkiye)

Dictation languages

English (Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, UK, U.S.), Spanish (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, U.S.), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), German (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (China mainland, Taiwan), Cantonese (China mainland, Hong Kong, Macao), Arabic (Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Definition dictionary support

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Bilingual dictionary support

Arabic – English, Chinese (Simplified) – English, Chinese (Traditional) – English, Dutch – English, French – English, French – German, German – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Japanese – Chinese (Simplified), Korean – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Russian – English, Spanish – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English

English (UK, U.S.), Chinese (Simplified)

Spell check

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Arabic Najdi, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

Apple Pay supported regions

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China mainland, 17 Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, U.S., Vatican City

iPhone 12 mini

USB-C to Lightning Cable

Documentation

As part of our efforts to reach our environmental goals , iPhone 12 mini does not include a power adapter or EarPods. Included in the box is a USB‑C to Lightning cable that supports fast charging and is compatible with USB‑C power adapters and computer ports.

We encourage you to re‑use your current USB‑A to Lightning cables, power adapters, and headphones which are compatible with this iPhone. But if you need any new Apple power adapters or headphones, they are available for purchase.

iPhone and the Environment

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are designed with the following features to reduce their environmental impact. 17 See the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini Product Environmental Reports

Made with better materials

100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine, representing 99% of the tungsten in the device

100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, representing 98% of the rare earth elements in the device

100% recycled tin in the solder of the main logic board

35% or more recycled plastic in multiple components

Energy efficient

Meets U.S. Department of Energy requirements for battery charger systems 18

Smarter chemistry 19

Arsenic-free display glass

Mercury-, BFR-, PVC-, and beryllium‑free

Green manufacturing

Apple’s Zero Waste Program helps suppliers eliminate waste sent to landfill

All final assembly supplier sites are transitioning to 100% renewable energy for Apple production

Responsible packaging

100% of virgin wood fiber comes from responsibly managed forests

90% or more fiber‑based packaging

Apple and the Environment

We’re committed to making our products without taking from the earth, and to become carbon neutral across our entire business, including products, by 2030. See Apple’s commitment

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Available space is less and varies due to many factors. A standard configuration uses approximately 12GB to 17GB of space, including iOS 15 with its latest features and Apple apps that can be deleted. Apple apps that can be deleted use about 4.5GB of space, and you can download them back from the App Store. Storage capacity subject to change based on software version, settings, and iPhone model.

Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions. Resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage not covered under warranty.

Sending and receiving money with Apple Pay and the Apple Cash card are services provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions.

Available only in select cities and transit systems. Requires eligible device and OS version. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209495 for details.

Data plan required. 5G, Gigabit LTE, LTE, VoLTE, and Wi-Fi calling are available in select markets and through select carriers. Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and vary based on site conditions and carrier. For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/iphone/cellular.

Ultra Wideband availability varies by region.

FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime‑enabled device for the caller and recipient and a Wi‑Fi connection. Availability over a cellular network depends on carrier policies; data charges may apply.

Standard Dynamic Range video content only.

Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area. Internet access required. Cellular data charges may apply.

All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. Battery has limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. See apple.com/batteries and apple.com/iphone/battery.html for more information.

Wireless chargers sold separately.

Testing conducted by Apple in September 2020 using preproduction iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Fast-charge testing conducted with drained iPhone units. Charge time varies with settings and environmental factors; actual results will vary.

Use of eSIM requires a wireless service plan (which may include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after contract expiration). Not all carriers support eSIM. Use of eSIM in iPhone may be disabled when purchased from some carriers. See your carrier for details. To learn more, visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212780 .

Wireless broadband recommended; fees may apply.

In China mainland, you can use Apple Pay on the web in Safari only on compatible iPhone and iPad models using iOS 11.2 or later.

Data accurate as of product launch.

Efficiency performance is based on the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers.

Apple defines its restrictions on harmful substances, including definitions for what Apple considers to be “free of,” in the Apple Regulated Substances Specification. Every Apple product is free of PVC and phthalates with the exception of AC power cords in India, Thailand (for two-prong AC power cords), and South Korea, where we continue to seek government approval for our PVC and phthalates replacement.

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iPhone 12 mini review

The iphone 12 mini is a dainty (yet powerful) delight.

TechRadar Verdict

The iPhone 12 mini is built for those who have been dreaming of a small phone but don’t want to compromise on quality, and Apple has done an exceedingly good job at making that a reality. It isn’t perfect, with middling battery life and a high price for just 64GB of storage, but if you can put those negatives aside you’ll love what the iPhone 12 mini can do in its miniature package. The camera is versatile, the screen is fantastic, it comes with reams of power and the added benefits of 5G and MagSafe mean this is a phone that will last you for years to come.

Smaller design looks great

Fantastic display

Futureproofed with 5G

64GB isn’t enough for some

Wireless charging is slower

Middling battery life

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Two-minute review

Apple ’s iPhone 12 mini is a triumph, with top-end tech and a premium design combining to produce a phone that can compete with some of the very best handsets on the market, and all in a smaller body than you’d expect for a flagship device.

It's also a symbol of a different time, back when Apple made small phones. After the iPhone 13 mini , the company did away with these compact mobiles, and the iPhone 14 family doesn't have such a device.

You won't find this iPhone 12 mini review to be wildly different from our coverage of the iPhone 12 , but it has a smaller form factor that will suit those looking for a more compact phone than top-end manufacturers – including Apple – have been able to offer for the past few years.

Release date and price Design Display Camera Specs and performance Battery life Should I buy it? Also consider

This is the smallest iPhone since the iPhone 5S , and you’ll notice it as soon as you pick it up. Even comparing this phone to the iPhone SE 2020 makes it feel small, but it doesn’t lose any of that premium edge we found with the iPhone 12.

You will get a slightly improved experience with the iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max thanks to their more powerful engines, bigger batteries and a variety of other tweaks, but if you’re after a small iPhone you no longer have to worry about missing out on the best features.

The 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display is pin-sharp, and it’s markedly better than the LCD display on the iPhone 11 . You’ll particularly see the improvements when watching video that supports HDR.

The iPhone 12 mini also has a premium design, with a protected glass design called Ceramic Shield and angular aluminum edges that will pull your mind back to the days of the iPhone 4 as soon as you first handle it. It comes in a choice of five colors (black, white, red, green or blue).

It may feel like an iPhone for the nostalgists, but it’s anything but when it comes to spec. The A14 Bionic chipset that powers this device might not be the fastest chipset for iPhones any more but we found it to work nearly flawlessly, whatever we threw at the phone. Plus, you've got a top-end camera array with two 12MP rear shooters that perform just as well as those on the iPhone 12.

Then there’s the addition of next-gen 5G connectivity technology, allowing you to experience faster speeds and easier connection when using mobile data. This is great futureproofing technology to have on board, but at launch 5G isn’t widely available in many areas, meaning it won’t be a transformative experience for most people right away.

There’s also MagSafe , Apple’s new magnetic docking tech, which enables you to connect a wireless charger and other accessories (just a couple at launch) by simply snapping them to the rear of the phone.

The iPhone 12 mini isn’t without its frustrations, as the battery life isn’t as powerful as some may hope for, and 64GB of storage doesn’t feel like enough for a phone in 2021. That said, these are minor issues that many who like the choices Apple has made elsewhere will be able to live with.

The iPhone 12 mini is built for those who have been longing for a smaller iPhone that is easy to use in one hand, and if you want Apple’s full-on smartphone experience in a more compact package, this is the iPhone for you. In short, it's one of the best iPhones .

Even if you're committed to Apple phones, the iPhone 12 mini has little competition if you're after a small yet high-end handset. The closest Android gets is the likes of the 5.9-inch Asus Zenfone 8 , with most flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 and OnePlus 9 ranges being above 6 inches.

• Meet the family: iPhone 12 | iPhone 12 Pro | iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 12 mini release date and price

• The iPhone 12 mini is on sale now around the world
• Now starts at $599 / £579 / AU$999, prices increase for more storage
• Doesn't include headphones or a charging block in box

The iPhone 12 mini's launch price was $699 / £699 / AU$1,199, but now that the iPhone 13 range has been released, the older phones have been discounted, and you can pick up a 12 mini starting at $599 / £579 / AU$999. That's for 64GB of storage, and the price goes up for more storage – check out the chart below for full pricing, but note that even these prices have dropped since launch.

iPhone 12 mini prices

Region	64GB	128GB	256GB
US	$599	$649	$749
UK	£579	£629	£729
AU	$999	$1,079	$1,249

For context, the iPhone 12 starts at $699 / £679 / AU$1,199, the iPhone 12 Pro starts at $999 / £999 / AU$1,699, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max starts at $1,099 / £1,099 / AU$1,849.

iPhone 12 mini is on sale now around the world after being delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The iPhone 12 mini was announced in October 2020, and then it was released on November 13 that same year.

You can sometimes find it for a little less than the RRP in third-party stores, but being an iPhone this has held its value quite well.

The iPhone 12 mini comes without a charging block or earbuds in the box, with Apple looking to cut down on e-waste. If you don’t own the right charger or a pair of headphones, this is set to add to the cost of your device as you’ll need to buy these separately.

If you want some new headphones, you might want to check out Apple's AirPods Pro or our selection of the best headphones .

iPhone 12 mini design

• An iPhone 4 reminiscent design with angled edges
• The smallest iPhone for a number of generations
• Easy to hold and use in one hand

The iPhone 12 mini’s design is its unique selling point, and it’s a welcome alternative for those who want a smaller iPhone, and who’ve looked on in dismay as Apple has released ever-larger handsets (but also don't want the dated-looking design of the iPhone SE, Apple’s other mini-sized phone).

It essentially mirrors the iPhone 12 design, but in a smaller body that’s easier to wrap you hand around; and despite the smaller size the phone still manages to pack a large 5.4-inch screen – more on that below

With dimensions of 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4mm it’s the smallest iPhone in a long time, and that’s including the iPhone SE that was released earlier in 2020. It’s also light, without feeling too light – at 135 grams it’s easy to slip into a pocket, but doesn’t feel cheap.

It may seem obvious, but if you’re looking for a small iPhone and you’re not too worried about the cost, then the iPhone 12 mini is an instant, don’t-even-think-about-anything-else choice. 

Away from the phone’s sheer size (or lack thereof), the iPhone 12 mini comes with flatter edges than we’ve seen on recent iPhone generations. It’s always nice to see design evolution in an iPhone, but this move, which nods to the look of older iPhones, won’t be to everyone’s taste.

We found the phone easy to hold, and it feels as premium as the other members of the iPhone 12 family. The mini’s design certainly isn’t a case of Apple using cheaper materials in order to hit a lower price point, and you're getting the same design elements and build quality as in the rest of the iPhone 12 range, including the aluminum frame.

The rear of the phone is glass, and it doesn’t feel slippery, as glass on some smartphones can. You’ll quickly start to notice fingerprints appearing on the rear of the phone though.

The power button is on the right side of the phone, while on the left are the volume buttons and silence switch.. On the bottom edge are the Lightning port for charging, and the stereo speaker, with a grille either side of the connector.

Your color choices are blue, white, red, green, or black, and that final one you can see pictured throughout this review. It seems like a good mix of ‘standard’ colors and options for those who want something a little brighter for their phone.

One of the big changes design-wise is one you can’t see: MagSafe, a series of magnets inside the rear of the phone, which allow you to connect a variety of accessories such as cases, wireless chargers or a car mount.

This is something Apple already offers accessories for, and we’re sure to see more, both Apple and third-party in the future. It’s a worthwhile update, even if you don’t need to use the available accessories from day one.

iPhone 12 mini display

• New Super Retina XDR OLED technology is impressive
• A high 476 pixels per inch
• Still a 60Hz display despite rumors of 120Hz

The iPhone 12 mini has a phenomenal screen, and it’s one of the best we’ve ever seen on an iPhone. For the first time, the company has brought its Super Retina XDR OLED technology to all its new iPhones, and the difference between this and LCD is remarkable.

The screen here is 5.4 inches, and you’re comfortably able to reach all corners when using the phone one-handed.

The resolution is higher than on the iPhone 11 at 1080 x 2340, and the difference is noticeable. That resolution works out to 476 pixels per inch, and it’s the sharpest display we’d seen on an iPhone at launch, so while the screen is smaller than the iPhone 12 Pro or Pro Max, it’s arguably better. The picture is crisp and clear, and the brightness is impressive too.

The display is also HDR10-ready, meaning you’ll notice more detail in dark and light areas when watching content encoded with the technology. The difference is most notable when you’re watching video from sources like Netflix or iTunes, but it also means photos and other images look better.

A lot of Android manufacturers are now including high-refresh-rate screens on phones, which makes for smoother images when you’re gaming, watching video or scrolling your Twitter feed, but Apple hasn’t included this on the iPhone 12 mini.

The 12 mini is still using a 60Hz display, so the scrolling experience isn’t as impressive as on some other phones that cost a similar amount – and if you’re swapping from a phone that does have a higher refresh rate, you’ll likely miss it here. It’s unlikely you’ll notice otherwise, but it’s a feature we’ve enjoyed seeing come to phones, and we’d like to see Apple implement it soon.

iPhone 12 mini camera

• Rear camera uses two 12MP shooters
• 12MP selfie camera works remarkably well too

On paper, the iPhone 12 mini’s camera setup seems very similar to the iPhone 11’s, but there are enough tweaks to justify the next-gen billing – and note that this is exactly the same camera array as on the iPhone 12 though, so you won’t miss out on anything by opting for the smaller phone.

There’s a 12MP ‘standard’ wide-angle camera with a f/1.6 aperture, and a 12MP ultra-wide camera with a 120-degree field of view and an f/2.4 aperture. There’s no telephoto sensor here, as on the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, and that means your zoomed shots won’t look as impressive, as there’s no dedicated camera to do the heavy lifting.

Apple’s cameras are among the most capable automatic shooters on the market, and the snappers on the iPhone 12 mini performed very well in our testing.

Low-light performance is the main improvement over the last-gen device, according to Apple, largely down to the main camera’s aperture going from f/1.8 on the iPhone 11 to f/1.6 here, and sure enough we found that the camera performed very well in dark settings – you can see an example of this below.

Apple’s Night Mode works with both the rear cameras this year (and on the selfie camera), and it works in a similar way to other manufacturer’s technology where the iPhone will notice the lack of light and asks you to hold the phone still, for a variable amount of time (depending on how much light is around )to ensure it can shoot.

You’ll often be asked to keep the phone still for anything up to 15 seconds, and if you’re able to do that we found that Night Mode produced good-looking shots – although this also depends on your subjects not moving, so it’s not a great option for photos of your pets or other subjects that aren’t good at following orders.

If you’re shooting in near-complete darkness then even Night Mode is going to struggle, but you’ll be impressed by how much the camera is able to brighten the exposure to make a photo taken in darkness feel like it was shot in daylight.

Portrait shots - where the phone can alter your background to focus on your face either by blurring it or filling it with a color - return here, and we found them to work well on the rear camera without much fiddling around.

The cameras can feel a touch slow at times, but that’s likely owing to the Apple’s Smart HDR 3 technology, which works automatically on some shots. This uses artificial intelligence to identify elements of what you’re shooting, and optimize the exposure to highlight certain features or areas. 

Video recording on the iPhone 12 mini is impressive – you’re able to record in 4K at 24, 30 or 60 frames per second, and Full HD recording is available alongside features like slow-motion.

The biggest change here is the introduction of Dolby Vision HDR, and in our testing we found the quality to be markedly better than that of non-HDR clips we shot, with footage looking more colorful and detailed. It’s a solid upgrade for those who want better video quality, even if on its own it’s not a reason to buy the iPhone 12 mini.

The front-facing camera is another 12MP sensor, and this will be more than suitable for selfies and video calling. The quality is impressive, and Portrait mode works fantastically well thanks to the 3D depth sensor doing the heavy lifting (it’s also this sensor that powers Face ID).

This isn’t a huge upgrade over previous iPhones, but that isn’t an issue, as the selfie camera has been consistently strong over the last few generations of iPhone. Low-light performance could be better, but it still works well enough – and, as mentioned, Night Mode is available here too, so your night-time selfies should look just as good as your daytime ones.

Camera samples

Iphone 12 mini specs and performance.

• Features 4GB of RAM and the Apple A14 chipset
• The choice of 64GB / 128GB / 256GB of storage
• 5G connectivity for those all around the world

The iPhone 12 mini may be small, but it certainly doesn’t lack power. Apple's chipset, the A14 Bionic, is the same processor that you’ll find in the rest of the iPhone 12 family. While it's not the latest chipset any more, it's still suitably powerful. 

Weight : 135g Dimensions : 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4mm Display size : 5.4-inch Resolution : 2340 x 1080 Refresh rate : 60Hz Pixel density : 476ppi Chipset : Apple A14 RAM : 4GB Storage : 64GB / 128GB / 256GB Rear cameras : 12MP + 12MP Front camera : 12MP Battery : 2227mAh

We’ve previously seen this in the iPad Air, as well as the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro, and it performs just as well here. We put the chipset through its paces with a variety of multi-tasking activities, and the A14 Bionic always managed to keep pace with everything we wanted it to do, including running graphically demanding games.

There’s 4GB of RAM on tap, and while that may not match a lot of other manufacturers on paper, we found that the iPhone 12 mini never lacked for grunt. If you need a little more power for high-end video processing or similar, then the 12 Pro series packs 6GB of RAM, but for most people 4GB is fine.

One issue we do have is the onboard storage: you’ve got the choice of 64GB, 128GB or 256GB for the iPhone 12 mini. If you need more, you’ll have to opt for an iPhone 12 Pro if you’re a power user, which starts at 128GB and goes all the way up to 512GB

The fact is 64GB isn’t much space on a phone these days, and most people won't take long to fill it up with apps, photos, music and other media. 

We found that after just a week of loading our phone with apps and media we were nearing the limit, so it’s likely you’ll need more space if you don’t want to be greeted by the 'storage full' notification at some point.

The iPhone 12 mini comes running iOS 14.2 out of the box, so you've got all the benefits of the latest version of Apple's mobile OS, such as the App Library and home screen widgets.

Since launch it's received a few small updates, bringing it up to iOS 15 at the time of writing. These have added things like App Tracking Transparency, new emojis, Apple Fitness Plus, ProRaw mode for the camera, SharePlay, Focus and much more. 

You should expect this phone to get updates for at least the next few years too, as Apple is consistent with its software upgrades.

iPhone 12 mini battery life

• A battery life that should last for a full day of normal use
• You may find the battery struggles for any longer

Apple has yet to confirm the exact battery size on the iPhone 12 mini, but filings from a mobile agency in Brazil suggest it's a 2227mAh cell. As with most recent iPhone models, the battery life has improved over older devices, but it still isn’t going to give you the best life.

We found that the iPhone 12 mini would last us for a full day from a single charge, but on the odd occasion it would die off toward 10pm after a high day of usage. This was a particularly intensive day, though, and on other busy days we also found the phone would make it through to bedtime.

In a mid-to-high intensity use day, we found the iPhone 12 mini got to the end of the day with 22% left in the tank. That was with four hours and 20 minutes of screen-on time, and a variety of tasks running in the background such as music playback and notifications.

We had other days where we managed over six hours of usage, but that was often when we didn’t connect to a mobile unit and we didn’t take the phone out of the house as much.

If you’re switching between 5G and 4G connectivity while on the go, you’re likely to see the battery life drop down from that as well. We found on the days where we were away from Wi-Fi – few and far between owing to lockdown restrictions – the battery life would drop faster.

Again, this will offer a solid day of battery life for a middling amount of usage, but if you’re using your phone consistently throughout the day on mobile networks, you’ll find this phone will need a recharge mid-way through the day.

Apple says the iPhone 12 mini will last for up to 15 hours of video playback, while the iPhone 12 and iPhone 11 both are capable of 11 hours, and those claims are accurate based on our testing, and it’s reflective of how the battery life differs between the the iPhone 12 mini and the larger iPhone 12.

Apple has improved its fast-charging technology here over the iPhone 11 a touch, meaning you now get 20W fast-charging. What does that really mean? We found the iPhone 12 mini was able to charge from zero to 60% in just 30 minutes.

It’s also important to note that this was using a specific charging block provided by Apple. If you want to make the most of these speeds, you’ll need to buy this charging block (if you don’t already own it) for $19 / £19 / AU$29.

This is part of Apple’s mission to cutdown on ewaste, so you only have a charging cable in the box. The problem is, the cable is USB-C to Lightning, which is a connector that many who previously own an iPhone don’t have, so it’s likely you’ll have to buy a charger to make the most of wired charging.

Qi wireless charging makes a return here for the iPhone 12 mini, and this generally worked well in our testing. Using the MagSafe fast-charger (the official Apple one is 12W) we found the phone was able to charge 12% in half an hour.

This is slower than all the other members of the iPhone 12 family. Exactly why that is is unclear, and it means you’ll get a slightly slower charging phone here from Apple if you truly do want that top-end spec.

You’re likely to find the battery life on the iPhone 12 mini is better than any older iPhone such as an iPhone 8, especially if you’ve been using an older phone for a few years, but this isn’t going to be the best battery life you can get from a smartphone. 

We regularly found the battery would die before the end of a full day (although it did often make it close to the full stretch, and just needed a quick recharge right before the end of the day) so that may prove frustrating for some power users.

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Should I buy the iPhone 12 mini?

Buy it if…

You want a small iPhone

This may seem obvious, but this phone’s biggest selling point is its unique size. If you’re going to opt for an iPhone and you want a smaller device without buying up the latest iPhone 13 mini, this is the perfect option for you – and it’s one of the smallest 5G phones on the market too.

You’re excited about 5G

If you’re eager to take advantage 5G connectivity, the iPhone 12 mini is a great opportunity to do so. At the time of writing, 5G is still a nascent technology, but if you’re ready for the future of mobile data speeds you should buy the 12 mini so that you're future-proofed.

You want the cheapest way to get an iPhone 12

The iPhone 12 mini is the cheapest member of the iPhone 12 family, but it doesn’t feel like a ‘cheap’ iPhone. The spec and experience is far better than the iPhone SE (2020) so if you’re after a cheaper member of the iPhone 12, go for this model.

Don’t buy it if...

You need the very best from Apple

The iPhone 12 Pro Max is the definitive champion of this family of phones, and if you want the very best specs with top-end cameras and some fantastic performance you’ll want to look there. The price may be higher, and it’s a physically much bigger phone, but it, or the 12 Pro, will suit some much better than the mini does. Alternatively, there's the superior iPhone 13 family too, of course.

You need top-end wireless charging

Wireless charging on the iPhone 12 mini is slower than the rest of the company’s series of devices, so if you don’t want to use a cable to charge your handset up at speed you may want to opt for another member of the family instead.

You’re looking for a cheap phone

The iPhone 12 mini is the cheapest member of the iPhone 12 family, but we’d recommend opting for an older iPhone or an Android manufacturer if you’re after a truly cheap device. Handsets like the iPhone 11, iPhone SE and iPhone XR are now cheaper than ever, and may suit some people better than this phone.

Also consider

If you've read this iPhone 12 review and still aren't sure on your next phone, here are a few other devices to consider.

iPhone 13 mini The iPhone 12 mini's successor has a more powerful processor and improved battery life, though being newer, it'll cost you a little more Check out our iPhone 13 mini review

iPhone 12 Is 'mini' really right for you? The standard iPhone 12 has a bigger screen and slightly higher price, giving you more screen real estate for apps, games and movies. Check out our iPhone 12 review

Google Pixel 5 If you want an Android phone, the Google Pixel 5 is fairly small, though not as much as the iPhone. It's not the snappiest device ever, but it's cheaper than the 12 mini too. Check out our Google Pixel 5 review

First reviewed: November 2020

James is the Editor-in-Chief at Android Police. Previously, he was Senior Phones Editor for TechRadar, and he has covered smartphones and the mobile space for the best part of a decade bringing you news on all the big announcements from top manufacturers making mobile phones and other portable gadgets. James is often testing out and reviewing the latest and greatest mobile phones, smartwatches, tablets, virtual reality headsets, fitness trackers and more. He once fell over.

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The people have been heard. Over the years, iPhones have swelled in size. Phones with giant displays are appealing: Our eyes can’t help but look at them, hundreds of times a day, just as our hands can’t help but fumble them. They seem to never run out of juice.

But plenty of people have begged to see the trend reversed. They’ve wanted smaller phones, an iPhone reminiscent of the rugged iPhone 4S, or the slightly larger, 4.8-inch iPhone 5. They’ve wanted a phone they can comfortably hold, not another aluminum albatross with a force-field hold over them. A smartphone is supposed to fit into your life, not give you hand cramps or tumble out of your back pocket when you use the toilet.

So Apple made the iPhone 12 Mini. It’s part of this year’s lineup of iPhone 12s—four in total. The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro shipped first, and now, a few weeks later, the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max are ready. The Mini, as its name suggests, is the smallest of the lot. It has a 5.4-inch diagonal display. It weighs under 5 ounces. Remember flicking, swiping, and texting with one hand? It’s that.

Unlike the small-ish iPhone SE , which was just released this spring, the Mini has newer tech packed in it. The latest chip. A better camera. And support for 5G. Honestly, the iPhone 12 Mini is such a no-brainer that even if you didn’t think you wanted a smol phone, you might still find yourself drawn to the Mini. I’m tempted to upgrade not to the “regular” iPhone 12, but the iPhone 12 Mini—even if using the smaller keypad makes my text accuracy noticeably worse.

The smallest iPhone 12 next to the biggest iPhone 12.

The iPhone 12 Mini starts at $699 if you purchase it along with a carrier plan. It’s $729 if you buy the phone unlocked. That’s for the least amount of storage (64GB). Naturally, prices go up from there. It caps at 256 gigabytes of internal storage.

It’s not a cheap phone. It exceeds what market research firms would consider a “midrange” price for a smartphone, and it’s the same price as Google’s newest Pixel phone . The iPhone 12 Mini is also significantly more expensive than the 2020 iPhone SE, which starts at $399. I’ve included a few photo comparisons in this review, taking a series of shots on both the iPhone 12 Mini and SE, because I think these are the two main contenders for people who seek a small-ish, less expensive iPhone.

But the way to think about the iPhone 12 Mini is really that this is a new iPhone. The iPhone SE has top and bottom bezels, a liquid crystal display, and a home button. That’s all good and fine. But the iPhone 12 Mini is a modern pocket rocket. It has almost all of the same features of the new iPhone 12s (except for some of the advanced camera stuff that comes with the Pro models). It has the same flat edges, the same hardened glass-ceramic composite, the same edge-to-edge OLED display, the same super-speedy processor, and the same 5G support. Another way to look at the iPhone 12 Mini is to just read my review of the iPhone 12. It’s that, but smaller.

As I write this, I am tired of screens. I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that I’ve been living my life primarily through screens for the past eight months, or refreshing maps of the US electoral college for the past week. (Of course it does). Since the pandemic began, I've noted that the structure of my day has been assembled around whatever screen I need to use—waking up to check the phone, shuffling over to the laptop, transitioning to entertainment on a TV, falling asleep to an iPad. Even my cult-ish exercise bike has a giant tablet jammed on it, and I sometimes imagine it is only a matter of time before these products come with three screens and are marketed under the name Cerberus.

Wouldn’t it be nice to deprioritize screens? Even if that means just using one that’s slightly smaller? That’s what it felt like to switch to the iPhone 12 Mini. It’s still a smartphone. It’s not this kind of baby phone . But I just felt like I had more control over my phone. It’s so light, so airy. It fit into the small side pocket of the stretch pants I’ve been wearing more than I care to admit.

Its screen is big enough to read emails, scroll on Twitter, or look at maps when it’s docked in your car, but it’s small enough that watching more than one episode of a Netflix series gets annoying. This was my experience, anyway; I watched an hour-long episode of The Queen’s Gambit on it, but by the following episode I was tired of watching on my baby phone and went to bed. It can be used as an entertainment device, for how-to videos on YouTube or dance duets on TikTok, but the iPhone 12 Mini just didn’t suck me in the same way my larger phone does. I found myself hitting the edges, both physically and metaphorically, of the amount of stuff I’d look at or watch or read. That’s a good thing.

Its tininess has its downsides. I am in awe of some of the non-words I have almost sent in text messages this week, autocorrect be damned. Its speakers aren’t spectacular, as you might expect from a physically smaller device. It's fine enough for watching videos, but phone calls at high volumes sometimes sound distorted. Since I make a lot of calls on speakerphone (I know, I’m sorry, I only do this when I am alone), this felt like an actual drawback.

The iPhone 12 Mini’s battery life was better than I expected—but still not great. On a particularly active day last week, I took the fully juiced phone off its charger at 11 am, used Google Maps for 20 minutes or so, listened to a couple of podcasts, snapped photos and videos, made a few phone calls (including one lasting over an hour), browsed Twitter and Instagram, and watched Netflix at night. I hit the 10 percent battery mark around 10 pm. So the phone wouldn’t have lasted a “full day” had my phone test started earlier that morning.

Also, I wasn’t connected to a 5G wireless network. I was using my 4G SIM card that particular day. After that I swapped in a 5G SIM, but 5G isn’t widely available where I live, and as I experienced when I reviewed the regular iPhone 12, I only noticed the iPhone 12 Mini connect to a 5G network on one occasion. So I can’t say how regularly connecting to 5G will affect battery life on this phone. This is something to consider if you plan to try to squeeze years out of this phone, as ideally you would with any consumer electronic.

As for the iPhone 12 Mini’s camera—it’s the iPhone 12’s camera! (You’ll notice a theme here.) The rear camera module contains both a wide camera and an ultrawide camera. The selfie-camera (which is part of the Face ID system) is a single wide lens. Apple has made some improvements in computational photography over the past year, though, which means the camera software is better. The faster chip in the iPhone 12s helps a lot too. And here, again, is where the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Mini stands out from the similarly sized, less expensive iPhone SE; the iPhone SE doesn’t take wide-angle photos, can’t capture objects in Portrait mode, and doesn’t handle high-contrast settings nearly as well as the Mini. Obvious product differentiation aside, it’s kind of remarkable that these two phones were released just six months apart.

Have I convinced you that a slightly smaller iPhone might be what you need? A phone you’ll carry comfortably on walks and jogs, lose between the couch cushions, and fish for in the dark space of your bag or backpack? A phone that won’t take up too much space on your nightstand, or on the dinner table when we can all go back to eating together again? A phone that won’t suck up too much space in your brain?

I’m not suggesting a small iPhone will cure our collective obsession with phones. But maybe, with all the big things we’re facing every day, a phone doesn’t have to be one of them. It could be one less thing.

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The Apple iPhone 12 is, unsurprisingly, the most powerful iPhone of all time. But what happens when you take all that power and shrink it down to a similar form factor of yesteryear's phones? You get the iPhone 12 Mini---the smallest and most powerful iPhone. It's a hell of a combination and makes for an exceptional device for anyone who is tired of tablet-sized phones.

People have been asking for a pint-sized modern iPhone for a long time now. Sure, the iPhone SE also fits the "small iPhone" bill, but it has a tiny screen to go with that tiny body. It's also missing modern features like Face ID and cutting-edge cameras. It's a small budget iPhone. The 12 Mini, on the other hand, is the small premium iPhone.

Before I got the 12 Mini, I had some expectations already in mind. I try not to do this with most gadgets, but it's hard to not get some kind of idea in your head with a modern-day handset with the word mini in its name. And don't get me wrong here---it's small. But it's not unbearably tiny, nor is there really a learning curve to using it.

I'm mostly an Android guy, but for the last several years I've been a two-phones-all-the-time kind of guy: an Android phone in my right pocket, and an iPhone in the left. While my Android phone rotates on the regular (current: Pixel 5 ), my left pocket has been occupied by an iPhone XR for the last two years. It's an excellent phone that is just as fast today as the day I popped it out of the box.

But it's also a pretty big phone with its 6.1-inch display. I expected the 12 Mini to be a pretty significant adjustment, but I was wrong. It just ... wasn't? Like, it's fine. It took me all of 15 minutes to get used to the Mini's size.

All that is to say one thing: If you want a smaller phone but have been hesitant to pick up the Mini for fear that it'll be too small, don't worry about it. It's a really nice size, the adjustment period is minor, and it's a pint-sized powerhouse.

Now, let's get into the details.

Like the other iPhones in the 12 line, the Mini uses a new-old design. It's a throwback to the iPhone 4 days with its squared-off flat edges. And it's fantastic. I don't know about y'all, but I'm pretty tired of curved displays and the like, so a phone that's flat all over is a welcome "change" in my book. Everything old(ish?) is new again. And I'm here for it.

I opted for the all-black model, mostly because my XR is red and I wanted something different. And also I just like black phones. The glossy back is as sleek as it is shiny, which means it's also a fingerprint magnet. The matte aluminum edges contrast the glossy back nicely, however, which is an elegant touch. The outside edge of the phone might be my favorite part of it---aesthetically, anyway. It's svelte.

The front of the little guy is a familiar look for anyone who has seen an iPhone in the last three years, with its big ol' honkin' notch for all the Face ID depth mapping and whatnot. At this point, it's a mainstay in the iPhone lineup, but I'd be lying if I said I love it. I really wish Apple would bring the Touch ID power button from the new iPad Air to the iPhone line and just ditch Face ID altogether, but maybe I'm in the minority there. Touch ID > Face ID all day long for this guy.

But I digress. As the saying goes, it's what's on the inside that counts. And this phone is absolutely loaded with the most powerful hardware Apple could cram into its tiny body:

• Display : 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR (2340x1080, 476 PPI)
• Processor : Apple A14 Bionic
• Storage : 64GB, 128GB (reviewed), 256GB
• Cameras : 12 MP Wide (main),  f /1.6 aperture; 12 MP Ultra-wide, 120-degrees,  f /2.4 aperture
• Front cameras: 12 MP, f/2.2 aperture; TrueDepth camera for Face ID
• Ports : Lightning; MagSafe wireless charging
• Headphone Jack : lol, yeah right
• Battery : 2,227mAh
• Biometrics : Face ID
• Connectivity : Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2×2 MIMO; Bluetooth 5.0; NFC; Ultra-Wideband chip for spatial awareness
• 5G Compatibility : 5G (sub‑6 GHz and mmWave); Gigabit LTE with 4×4 MIMO and LAA
• Ingress Protection:  IP68
• iOS version : iOS 14.2.1
• Colors : Black (reviewed), White, Product Red, Green, Blue
• Price as Reviewed : $779

So yeah, that processor? Man, I can't even tell you how fast this thing is. It's nuts. Like, the rest of the world is just now catching up to the A12 Bionic from 2 years ago, and this chip is two generations newer. And faster. It's unreal. But there also comes a point of diminishing return for processor power in a phone, and this phone is well(llll) past it. That said, this little joker should stay lightning-fast for years to come. Maybe until the end of time, honestly (depending on when that is, I guess).

So yeah, it packs a wallop. Like Mighty Mouse. The iPhone 12 Mini is the Mighty Mouse of phones.

But with all that power and its tiny frame, you may be wondering how the battery life is. Well, that's sort of a mixed bag---on its own, it's fine. But in comparison to other models (even past models), it's notably not as good. I've read a lot of reviews and talk on Twitter about how the battery life is "bad," to which I strongly disagree. It's not bad. It's just not great. But it's more than enough to get me through the day and then some with regular use.

iOS 14.2.1 is running the show here, which is the most recent version of iOS out at the time of review. It shipped with 14.2, but many users had issues with the lock screen becoming unresponsive on the Mini, which was fixed in 14.2.1. I had issues with the lock screen before the .1 update, but haven't experienced it even once since.

iOS 14 also brings more customization than ever before, with home screen widgets and an app drawer of sorts. It's still nowhere near as customizable as Android, but it's getting pretty dang close at this point. If I wasn't so entrenched in the Android ecosystem, I could easily see myself switching to an iPhone full time because of iOS 14. The widgets and app library are both big improvements to the overall experience in my opinion. Love it.

So, to recap: it's fast and iOS 14 is good. And Scrappy Doo. That's pretty much all you need to know.

iPhones have always been about the display. Since the first-ever "Retina" display, Apple has been pushing the industry to be better. Make better displays. Be more color accurate. Just, you know, not suck. The 12 Mini (and others in the 12 series) keeps that going.

Apple went with tried-and-true OLED screens in all the phones in the 12 series, which is the right choice. OLED rocks. Out of the box, however, my 12 Mini was incredibly yellow. Compared to the XR's LCD panel, it was pretty bad. Turns out it was True Tone, which I am apparently not a fan of on OLED iPhones. Once I turned that crap off, it looked much better. All that is to say: If you get a 12 Mini and the display looks overly yellow, disable True Tone. You'll be glad you did.

The big game-changer for the 12 series' displays, however, isn't the panel type---it's Ceramic Shield. This is a new glass type that has four times better drop performance than past iPhone models. What that means for you is that you're less likely to break the screen if you drop your phone. The back of the phone, however, doesn't have Ceramic Shield---it's covered in the same glass used on the iPhone 11. It still strong, but not as robust as Ceramic Shield, so there's more of a chance it'll break if you drop the phone.

And then there's the camera.

The 12 Mini (and by extension, the regular 12) has a pair of 12MP shooters---a wide-angle for the main lens, and an ultra-wide secondary. That's the biggest downside here: There's no telephoto lens at all, and you'll have to upgrade to the 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max if you want that. I would've preferred to see a wide-angle and telephoto pairing here, but I guess that would've given people less of a reason to spring for the Pro. I find the ultra-wide to much less useful than a telephoto.

Click on any of the samples below to see the full-size, uncompressed image.

But I digress. Let's talk about the cameras it does have. The main shooter is really good. The f/1.6 aperture means it pulls in lots of light, even in less than ideal conditions, and also has a great depth of field without the need for portrait mode. Take a look:

And some more outdoor samples, all with the main camera:

The lower aperture of the main shooter also means that it can capture better images in low light without the need for night mode. These are really sharp with consistent lighting across the whole image. Lesser sensors would've blown out the TV while making the rest of the image too dark. Even the Pixel 5's excellent camera has some artifacting and worse lighting:

Left: iPhone 12 Mini; Right: Pixel 5.

The Pixel 5's image is a little brighter, but if you look at some of the finer details (like the sign hanging above the TV), then you'll see some artifacting that doesn't exist in the iPhone 12's image, most likely thanks to Deep Fusion image processing on the 12. They're both good, but I think the 12 Mini's shot edges out the Pixel 5 here.

The ultra-wide camera isn't quite as good but still passable. As I said earlier, I think it's just less useful. The higher aperture means it won't work as well in low-light situations, but odds are that if you need to shoot an ultra-wide shot, you'll be outdoors anyway. Here's a comparison between the main wide-angle sensor and the ultra-wide (taken from the same spot):

Left: Main camera; Right; Ultra-wide.

Overall, the cameras on the 12 Mini are---as expected---excellent. Even if you don't find much use for the ultra-wide lens, the standard wide-angle lens is capable of grabbing some truly great shots, even in less than perfect lighting.

As an aside, the 12 Mini's size makes it easier to grab shots one-handed than any other phone I've used. That's a big bonus for anyone with small hands.

Back in the day, MagSafe was a magnetic breakaway charging adapter for MacBooks. The feature was discontinued back in 2017 but has been somewhat resurrected in the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. It works with wireless charging and other accessories, like a magnetic phone wallet that holds an ID and a couple of credit cards. It's pretty cool as a thing , but I'm not sure it's a game-changing feature that should really make or break your decision to buy an iPhone 12 over any other phone you may be considering. (There are far more compelling reasons than MagSafe to buy an iPhone 12.)

While I haven't had a chance to test out the wallet, I was able to grab a MagSafe charger when I picked up my 12 Mini. Overall, it's been ... fine. The magnet makes it easier to line up for maximum charging efficiency (as efficient as a wireless charger can be, anyway), which is probably useful to someone, but I can't say I've ever really had an issue getting an iPhone to work with a wireless charger in the first place.

There's also the argument against MagSafe as a charger because you still have to disconnect your phone from it. After all, if you have to connect and disconnect your phone, why not just use a cable? On one hand, I can see that argument---but I don't agree with it, at least for the Mini.

I never have to touch the charger to connect the phone (it grabs automatically thanks to the magnets), and I can easily disconnect it with just one hand, too. Because the Mini is small enough to handle with one hand, I can wrap my fingers around the back and "knock" the charger off as I pick it up.

And that's all well and good, but I don't really see any added value here compared to a good stand-style charger. These make it easy to get the phone's charging coils lined up with the charger (more than a mat-style charger, anyway). And to disconnect the phone from the charger, just pick it up. What could be simpler? There's no need to complicate things with magnets and whatnot---though I can see this being nice for a combined car mount/charger.

But maybe the wallet makes MagSafe worth it for some. I can see wanting to throw a wallet on my phone sometimes but not others, which is where the MagSafe wallet would excel. At this point, that's the only real selling point I can see for MagSafe, and even this it's pretty niche.

It's a fine feature that works, but at the end of the day, it seems like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It's the very definition of a novelty.

This whole "value" thing is something that has been on my mind more and more often in recent years. At some point, we turned a corner and phones went from something that many people had to purchase on a yearly basis to something that became a more conscious decision. "Can my phone last another year? Is the new model really that much better than the one I have? Is this really worth that much money?" are all common questions that many people didn't ask themselves about phones just a few years ago.

But things change. Technology got better. Phones got better---and more expensive. As a result of those two things, people don't upgrade as often anymore. So, you may be asking yourself if the iPhone 12 Mini (or larger iPhone 12, by association) is worth the asking price. For that, I say: maybe.

If you haven't updated your phone since the iPhone 8 because you like the size too much, then by golly, the iPhone 12 is the phone for you. It's worth the upgrade in literally every possible way. And you probably won't need to upgrade again until, I dunno, the iPhone 16 or whatever. That makes this phone a good value. The longer you can use it, the better the value. And anything in the 12 series should stay blazing fast for years .

But that's not the only instance that makes the 12 Mini a good buy. If you've longed for the days when phones weren't the size of tablets, the 12 Mini is a breath of fresh air. If buying a smaller phone will make your life notably less bad , then buy one. There's value in things that can simplify your life---the things that make your day-to-day just a little bit better.

Even if you don't fall into one of those buckets, the 12 Mini could still be a good value. At $699 ($729 unlocked) to start, it's the most affordable premium iPhone out there. A sub-$800 iPhone is a decent deal across the board, especially if you need a new phone. The value drops if you're buying it just to get a new iPhone because it's the new one , But hey---I'm not here to tell you how to spend your money.

In short: It's the best small phone you can buy. If you fancy a little iPhone, the 12 Mini is the one for you.

iPhone 12 Mini

• Small, but not too small
• Great camera
• Blazing fast
• Worse battery life compared to other iPhone models
• A telephoto lens would be more useful than an ultra-wide

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• Released 2020, November 13 135g, 7.4mm thickness iOS 14.1, up to iOS 17.6.1 64GB/128GB/256GB storage, no card slot
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• 5.4" 1080x2340 pixels
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• 4 GB RAM Apple A14 Bionic
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Versions: A2399 (International); A2176 (USA); A2398 (Canada, Japan); A2400 (China)

Network
		GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM)
		CDMA 800 / 1900
		HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
		CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66, 71 - A2176
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Launch		2020, October 13
		Available. Released 2020, November 13

Body		131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm (5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 in)
		135 g (4.76 oz)
		Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), aluminum frame
		Nano-SIM and eSIM or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 min) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

Display		Super Retina XDR OLED, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 625 nits (HBM), 1200 nits (peak)
		5.4 inches, 71.9 cm (~85.1% screen-to-body ratio)
		1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~476 ppi density)
		Ceramic Shield glass

Platform		iOS 14.1, upgradable to iOS 17.6.1, planned upgrade to iOS 18
		Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm)
		Hexa-core (2x3.1 GHz Firestorm + 4x1.8 GHz Icestorm)
		Apple GPU (4-core graphics)

Memory		No
		64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 256GB 4GB RAM
		NVMe

Main Camera		12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.6"
		Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
		4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 30fps), stereo sound rec.

Selfie camera		12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6" SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
		HDR
		4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS

Sound		Yes, with stereo speakers
		No

Comms		Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
		5.0, A2DP, LE
		GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
		Yes
		No
		Lightning, USB 2.0

Features		Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
		Ultra Wideband (UWB) support

Battery		Li-Ion 2227 mAh, non-removable (8.57 Wh)
		Wired, PD2.0, 50% in 30 min (advertised) 15W wireless (MagSafe) 15W wireless (Qi2) - requires iOS 17.4 update

Misc		Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Purple
		A2399, A2176, A2398, A2400, A2399, iPhone13,1
		0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)

Tests		AnTuTu: 589616 (v8) GeekBench: 4174 (v5.1) GFXBench: 60fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
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Apple iPhone 12 mini review: For small phone fans only

I love this phone, but i can't trust its battery..

The tech industry is obsessed with size, and it's easy to see why. "Bigger" is often used as shorthand for "better," and if you need proof just look at phones. They haven't just become faster and more capable; they've also become enormous. That's not to say good small phones are impossible to find — Google’s standard-issue Pixels are pretty great, and Sony made a beautifully tiny Xperia a few years ago — but they're not nearly as common as they once were. Now, with the iPhone 12 mini , Apple is mounting a small-smartphone comeback.

Between its refreshed design, A14 Bionic chipset, 5G support and camera setup, the mini is mostly the same as the iPhone 12 , except it’s more compact and costs $100 less. At a time where we’re spending more time at home surrounded by big screens, and people are more sensitive to price, a small but powerful iPhone could be just the ticket. After living with one for a week, though, I'm torn. Though I love the iPhone 12 mini, I would never buy one for myself, and wouldn't recommend it to most people.

Configurations

The iPhone 12 mini is Apple's smallest flagship phone in years, and if you're thinking of buying one, you have some decisions to make. Apart from the many color options, the biggest choice is how much storage you need:

64GB: $699/$729

128GB: $749/$779

256GB: $849/$879

Why the different prices, you say? It all boils down to where you buy your phone. If you get a carrier-locked iPhone 12 mini straight from Apple, you'll spend $30 less than if you bought the equivalent unlocked model. The phones also cost less when you buy them directly from AT&T or Verizon, but not T-Mobile/Sprint. (Note: Apple has never offered a satisfying answer about these price differences.)

The same, but smaller

I just reviewed the iPhone 12 a couple weeks ago, so forgive me if I repeat myself a little. As I said earlier, the 12 and 12 mini are mostly the same phone — and that’s mostly great.

For one, Apple's smallest new iPhone is just as fast as its big brother thanks to that A14 Bionic chipset. I could rehash out how Apple's shift to 5nm chips gave it the transistor budget needed to significantly boost its processors' performance, but it’s not really necessary. Long story short, the iPhone 12 mini is lightning-fast, whether you're playing resource-intensive games or bouncing between multiple apps.

The fact that the 12 mini is just as powerful as the iPhone 12 might not seem remarkable, but it's fascinating when you consider it in a larger context. When companies design small smartphones, they generally don't use the very best chipset available; the most recent exception was Sony's Xperia XZ2 Compact, which squeezed that year's flagship Snapdragon 845 into a 5-inch device. More recently, we've seen powerful (but still slightly downmarket) chipsets like the Snapdragon 765 used in devices like the Pixel 5. While they're more than fast enough for daily use, they lack the sheer performance you’ll get with more premium silicon.

That's not the case here. The iPhone 12 mini is, by far, the most powerful small phone I've tested in years.  I should note, though, that like the standard iPhone 12, the mini packs 4GB of RAM; for comparison, the 12 Pro comes with 6GB. I haven't noticed a significant difference in day-to-day performance, but that extra memory should give the Pros an edge when you’re jumping between multiple apps. Personally, I wouldn't sweat it much: The mini offers sufficient power for just about everything, with enough overhead to stave off obsolescence.

This is also one of Apple's first 5G phones, with full support for the sub-6 and mmWave networks that are sprouting up around you. 5G is a lot more common now than it was this time last year, but for the most part, you won't notice a dramatic difference in network performance.

That won't be true for everyone, though: If you live in a place where T-Mobile has lit up its mid-band 5G, you should notice some improvements, and you could see some insane speeds if you stop on a street corner where Verizon's mmWave 5G is available. At this point, I have to note that Verizon owns Engadget but has no editorial control over us, so I can say mmWave — while technically very cool — is meaningless to a lot of people right now.

Apple iPhone 12 mini review photos

The 12 mini also plays nice with Apple's various MagSafe accessories, including a new one we haven't tried yet: a sleek leather pouch with a cutout allowing you to easily check the time. That might not sound super interesting, but there's more to it than you think. When the phone can tell it's been slipped into the case, its screen changes color to match the case when you tap it to check the time.

It's a brilliant little touch, but I think Apple missed an opportunity here. See, when you check the time through the cutout, the entire screen lights up. That doesn't sound like a big deal, but since Apple's Super Retina XDR display is technically an OLED, the better move for battery life would have been to only light up the part of the screen visible through the hole. Who knows, maybe they'll fix that in a software update.

On Apple's website, the company notes that the iPhone 12 mini is limited to 12W wireless charging, compared to 15W charging for the rest of the iPhone 12 line. Yes, that's still faster than standard Qi wireless charging, but it's potentially a bummer for anyone thinking of going all-in on MagSafe. Apple wouldn't specifically comment on the limitation but honestly, you should really just plug your phone in anyway.

Camera performance

As for the cameras, this is the same setup as the iPhone 12: There’s a 12-megapixel wide camera with an f/1.6 aperture, optical image stabilization and a new, 7-element lens, plus a 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera that can capture a 120-degree field of view. It's important to note that optically, these sensors and lens setups aren't that different from last year’s. The main camera still produces the best images, and it's slightly better in low light thanks to a wider aperture, though again, you won’t necessarily see a huge change, especially since Night Mode is so quick to activate.

And the ultrawide? Well, it's still a bit of a niche tool, and its images remain notably softer than what you'd get from the main camera. That's just how it goes, though: Ultra-wide cameras have always been more about capturing space than detail, and this sensor's 120-degree field of view makes for some fantastic landscapes.

Apple iPhone 12 mini camera sample photos

But camera hardware is only part of the story. Apple also changed the way it processes images. Photos you take with the main camera are more detailed than last year's iPhones, and improvements to Apple's Smart HDR mean the 12 mini is better at identifying what's going on in a scene and tweaking the resulting image accordingly. For the most part, that means photos look warmer and punchier than before — apart from skies, which take on a brighter blue tone. Those improvements also carry over to the ultra-wide camera, which is also now better at ironing out image distortion. It's definitely still there, though: Try taking an ultra-wide landscape with people on the edges, and you'll see what I mean.

As always, it's hard to proclaim which smartphone takes the best pictures; it's all subjective, especially when you consider the different vibes smartphone makers strive for when tuning their camera software. If you're a fan of moody, higher-contrast photos, the Pixel 5 might be more your speed. If hyper-aggressive colors appeal, there are devices like the Galaxy S20 FE. Overall, the iPhone 12 mini takes lovely photos that split the difference between those two extremes.

The mini difference

Everything we've just gone through makes this the most capable small smartphone I've tested in years, but does that mean you should buy one? Ultimately, I think whether the 12 mini makes sense for you boils down to two things: the smaller design and battery life.

As far as the 12 mini's size is concerned, Apple did a great job here. I was already a fan of the flatter, more angular iPad Pro-inspired aesthetic the company brought to this year’s iPhones, and it works just as well now that Apple shrank it down. The fit and finish are also first-rate, and I can't think of another small phone that feels as well-built as this. I know some people aren't fans of how light the iPhone 12 series is, and I get that, but if you were thinking of buying a small phone, weight was likely already a concern.

I know I've been calling the iPhone 12 mini a small phone, and that's objectively true — it's even a bit smaller than the iPhone SE I reviewed earlier this year, but a few trusted people to whom I've shown the phone didn't think it was that small. That's largely thanks to the 12 mini's 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR display. It's just as bright as the standard iPhone 12 and packs the same support for wide-color gamuts and HDR, but because it's smaller, it's more pixel-dense. While bigger phones are almost always better for immersiveness, this screen never felt too small.

And I’ll be honest: “too little” was a big concern for me going into this review. When I tried the iPhone SE earlier this year, I found its 4.7-inch screen tough to adjust to after years of reviewing huge smartphones. Typing, in particular, was a pain at first, since I had to relearn how to type on such a small screen. Thankfully, none of that was true with the 12 mini. There’s a learning curve, sure, but nothing outrageous.

As a small-phone convert, I can't overstate how much I like the iPhone 12 mini — it strikes a good balance between size and performance. But I can’t pretend it doesn’t have its issues, the biggest of which you probably saw coming. In short, the iPhone 12 mini’s battery life is adequate at best, and that’s being pretty generous. It is absolutely the kind of phone you’ll have to charge every night, if not sooner.

I said earlier that I’m spending nearly all my time at home, but not everyone can do that. Maybe you’re an essential worker who still has to go to work every day. Maybe you live somewhere where you feel safe spending lots of time outside your home. Or maybe sometimes you have to travel somewhere.

That was me recently, and I spent most of that travel day wondering whether the phone would last til the evening. Sure enough, on my first day of using the 12 mini as my daily driver, I pulled it off the charger at 8AM and it was on its last legs by 4PM. Mind you, iOS reported about seven hours of screen-on time, but I wasn’t doing anything crazy like watching videos or playing games; it was all doom-scrolling in Safari and on Twitter, with some Spotify music and podcasts to keep me sane.

During more typical days at home, where my attention was split between my computer and my phone, the 12 mini did a little better. On average, I was looking at 12 to 13 hours of on-and-off use. That’s about on par with what I saw from the iPhone SE earlier this year, but that wasn’t particularly impressive either. The only thing that made it somewhat acceptable was the fact that the SE costs $400. Right now, I could make the mini's battery work for me, but when the world re-opens and I spend more of my time out of the house? I could make it a point to carry around a power bank; lots of people already do just that. Maybe I'm just spoiled by big devices with big batteries, but once you stop worrying about how long your phone will last, you never want to go back.

Another reason I can’t fully get on board with this thing is that it sits in a strange place in Apple’s iPhone lineup. At $699, this is the cheapest version of the iPhone 12 the company makes, but last year you could get a phone with a bigger screen and much better battery life for the same price.

Framed as a budgeting decision, this is the most accessible of Apple’s newest iPhones, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to make sense for most people. And despite the 12 mini's improved performance and better screen, I'd still probably recommend that shoppers who don't want to drop $800-plus on a phone consider last year's iPhone 11 instead. You could nab one of those with 128GB of storage for about $650 right now, which is $50 to $80 less than the base level iPhone 12 mini with 64GB of storage depending on where you buy it.

The iPhone 12 mini has a lot going for it, and people who want a smaller phone will be hard-pressed to find a device that’s as powerful and as well-built as this one. As for me, I'm of two minds. I have sincerely enjoyed using a small phone again, especially one this capable. There were even a few moments when I considered going all-in on the iPhone 12 mini as my daily driver — until I started seeing how quickly the battery drains. As I said earlier, there are ways to manage that issue, but that can be a big — and unwelcome — ask for some people.

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iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini: What should you buy?

The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini have a lot in common, but there are a few key differences

Stack the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini side by side, and you'll get quite a contrast to any iPhone 12 Pro vs. iPhone 12 Pro Max comparison. While there are a number of differences between Apple's now-discontinued iPhone 12 Pro models, an iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini face-off will lead you to conclude that the two phones are pretty much identical.

Oh, there are some obvious differences — the iPhone 12 is the bigger of the two, as the iPhone 12 mini's name would suggest. The iPhone 12 mini debuted at the lowest price of any iPhone 12 model in 2020. But in terms of the things that determine how a phone performs in everyday use, these two iPhone 12 models share a lot of the same parts, from the processor to the camera setup.

• iPhone 12 mini vs. iPhone SE : Which small phone is best?
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• Plus: iPhone 13 review : The best iPhone for most people

While the focus is shifting to the iPhone 13 vs. iPhone 13 mini, as those two phones replace the iPhone 12 models, our iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini face-off details the similarities and differences between the iPhone 13 's predecessors.

iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini specs

Row 0 - Cell 0
	$599	$699
	5.4-inch OLED (2340 x 1080)	6.1-inch OLED (2532x1170)
	A14 Bionic	A14 Bionic
	64GB, 128GB, 256GB	64GB, 128GB, 256GB
	12MP wide (ƒ/1.6), 16MP ultrawide (ƒ/2.4)	12MP wide (ƒ/1.6), 16MP ultrawide (ƒ/2.4)
	12MP (ƒ/2.2)	12MP (ƒ/2.2)
	7:28	8:25
	5.18 x 2.53 x 0.29 inches	5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches
	4.76 ounces	5.78 ounces
	Sub 6Ghz, mmWave	Sub 6Ghz, mmWave
	White, black, blue, green, purple, [Product] Red	White, black, blue, green, purple, [Product] Red

iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini: What's the same

The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini have some differences, as we'll get to. But on balance, these two phones have a lot in common, from the way they look to how they perform. Here's a look at the iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini similarities.

Processor: The A14 Bionic powers each and every member of the iPhone 12 family, from the mini all the way up to the iPhone 12 Pro Max. So the two phones perform similarly, especially since Apple includes equal amounts of RAM in each device. (Or at least, that's what teardowns reveal, since Apple doesn't issue official numbers on the amount of memory in its phones.)

We've run iPhone 12 benchmark tests on both phones. On the Geekbench 5 general performance, the iPhone 12 posted single- and multicore scores of 1,593 and 3,859, respectively. 

The iPhone 12 mini posted a higher multicore score at 4,123 points, but the phones turned in essentially equal times when we had them transcode a 4K video using Adobe Premiere Rush. (The iPhone 12 did it in 26 seconds, the iPhone 12 mini took 27 seconds.)

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Put another way, if you perform the same tasks on an iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini, you won't spot any difference in how these phones run your favorite apps. Even you get the less expensive iPhone 12 mini, you can expect performance that matches any iPhone 12 model.

5G connectivity: Just as all the iPhone 12 models run on the A14 Bionic, they also all connect to 5G . That means every kind of 5G, as Apple included support for a wide variety of bands. 

So both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini can connect to any kind of 5G network, whether it's built on the far-reaching sub-6GHz spectrum or uses faster mmWave technology.

Cameras: Apple made subtle changes to the different lenses used by the iPhone 12 Pro models, which produces some differences on shots that use the telephoto lenses. But there's no such distinction with the iPhone 12 and iPhone mini.

The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini each feature two rear cameras — a 12MP wide angle lens with a larger f/1.6 aperture and a 12MP ultrawide angle lens. Along with the f/1.6 aperture on the main camera, Apple now uses a 7-element lens, and those changes should improve low-light performance by 27%.

Software changes are the same across both phones as well. Both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini support the enhancements Apple's made to Deep Fusion and Smart HDR for more detailed images than previous iPhones could capture.

Displays: Ignore the size difference for a moment, and focus on the fact that Apple now uses OLED panels across its entire iPhone lineup. That's a change from past years when phones like the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR still made do with an LCD screen. 

Both the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini offer a 60Hz refresh rate — a similarity you probably wish they didn't have in a world where a growing number of phones offer faster refresh rates for smoother scrolling. (Our Samsung Galaxy S21 vs. iPhone 12 face-off reveals what a difference a faster refresh rate makes.) 

Both the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini miss out on faster refreshing, but the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max did get 120Hz refresh rates. (For more, read our guide to the 120Hz display on the iPhone 13 Pro .)

Getting back to the iPhone 12, lab results from display testing revealed two essentially identical devices. The iPhone 12 captured 114.5% of the sRGB color spectrum to 117.8% for the iPhone 12 mini. 

About the biggest difference is brightness, with the iPhone 12 just a bit brighter when we measured it using a light meter. We tallied 569 nits on the iPhone 12, versus 505 nits for the iPhone 12 mini. 

Design: Apple didn't skimp on the design flourishes for the less expensive iPhone 12 mini. It's made out of the same materials as the iPhone 12, including the Ceramic Shield display which Apple claims is four times more likely to survive a drop than previous phones. The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini both have Apple's improved IP68 water resistance rating, allowing them to survive in up to 6 meters of water for 30 minutes.  

Software: Both phones run the same software — the latest version of iOS 14 — so you'll get the same software features whether you own an iPhone 12 or iPhone 12 mini. That continues to be the case now that iOS 15 is available, as both phones support the update (as you'd imagine new iPhones would). We've been running the iOS 15 beta on the iPhone 12 without an issue — check our our iOS 15 beta review .

iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini: What's different

As much as the two phones have in common, there are some noteworthy differences between the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini.

Price: The larger screen and bigger battery translate to a $100 price difference for the iPhone 12, which is currently available for $699 (or $729 if you buy the phone unlocked). The iPhone 12 mini matches the iPhone 11 's old starting price of $599 ($629 for an unlocked iPhone 12 mini).

Both phones are available from Apple, where you can buy them unlocked or through a carrier. While the either the standard iPhone 12 or the mini version are among the best unlocked iPhones , you will pay an extra $30 for either unlocked model over the price of a carrier-tied phone.

We're tracking the best iPhone 12 deals , which include savings on both the 5.4- and 6.1-inch phones. Buy your phone from Apple and you can get a rebate when you trade-in your current handset — between $70 to $540 off when you trade in an iPhone 7 or newer.

Screen Size: As we've noted, the iPhone 12 features a 6.1-inch display, and the iPhone 12 mini goes small with a 5.4-inch display that will surely appeal to compact phone fans. In fact, Apple pulled off a neat trick with the iPhone 12 mini: even though it's got a bigger display than the iPhone SE Apple released a year ago, the mini is both shorter and not as wide as that latter phone.

As you might imagine, the different screens require different-sized phones to accommodate them. The 5.8 x 2.8 x 0.29-inch iPhone 12 is noticeably taller and wider than the 5.2 x 2.5 x 0.29-inch iPhone 12 mini. The iPhone 12 also outweighs the mini by more than 1 ounce.

Battery size: Here's one difference that's not visible to the naked eye — the iPhone 12 mini has a smaller battery than the iPhone 12. That's not official, as Apple doesn't announce battery sizes. But again teardowns have come to our rescue, confirming that the mini uses a 2,227 mAh power pack to the iPhone 12's 2815 mAh battery.

As you'd imagine, that doesn't translate to much battery life for the iPhone 12 mini. In our tests, it lasted a meager 7 hours and 28 minutes. Not only was that 2.5 hours less than the average smartphone, it also trailed the iPhone 12's time of 8 hours and 25 minutes. 

We should note that battery life improves when you turn off 5G connectivity. Retesting the iPhone 12 with 5G disabled , the phone turned in a better-than-average time of nearly 10.5 hours. Of course, 5G is a major addition to all the iPhone 12 models, so we can't imagine too many people going so far as to turn off 5G connectivity for better battery life, unless they live somewhere without much 5G coverage. 

MagSafe charging speed: One iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini difference outline in an Apple support document, is that the  phones charge at different speeds when using the new MagSafe accessories. While MagSafe has a top speed of 15 watts, the iPhone 12 mini tops out at 12 watts .

There's no official reason given for the difference, but we suspect it has something to do with preventing the smaller phone from overheating when charging.

iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini: Which one should you get?

Our iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 mini face-off finds two phones so evenly matched that the device you buy will ultimately come down to your personal preference — if you even want an iPhone 12 at all at this point. After all, the iPhone 13 is arriving shortly.

But many of the same comparisons apply here. If you like phones with small screens or you want to pay the least amount possible and still walk away with all the key upgrades, the iPhone 12 mini model is for you. But fans of larger screens will find the 6.1-inch display on the iPhone 12 more to their liking.

Philip Michaels is a Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. He's been covering personal technology since 1999 and was in the building when Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone for the first time. He's been evaluating smartphones since that first iPhone debuted in 2007, and he's been following phone carriers and smartphone plans since 2015. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics, old movies and proper butchery techniques. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.

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iPhone 12 review

iPhone 12 intro

• Apple iPhone 12
• New design is pretty and compact
• OLED screen, finally!
• MagSafe is cool and has potential
• Outstanding performance
• One of the best cameras on a smartphone
• No charger, no headphones in the box
• 64 GB of storage is fine, but feels a bit stingy in current ecosystem
• No telephoto lens
• No ultra high refresh rate

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• Pros and cons
• Different models
• What's new?
• Performance
• Alternatives
• Final verdict

iPhone 12 unboxing

Iphone 12 full specs.

iPhone 12 pros and cons

• One of the best cameras on a smartphone in 2020
• No ultra-high refresh rate

iPhone 12 models

Iphone 12 vs iphone 12 mini.

iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max

• iPhone 12 Pro review
• iPhone 12 Pro Max review

What's new about iPhone 12?

• Slim bezels resulting in a smaller body than iPhone 11
• Flat edges instead of rounded corners
• OLED screen with higher resolution and better contrast
• Ceramic Shield front glass
• Minor camera upgrades
• Night Mode now available on selfie and ultra-wide cameras
• Magnetic back for the new MagSafe accessories
• USB C to Lightning charging cable
• No charger, no earphones in the box
• 5G connectivity, supporting frequencies for all carriers

iPhone 12 performance

• GFXBench Car Chase on-screen
• GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 on-screen
• Geekbench 5 Single
• Geekbench 5 Multi
• Jetstream 2

Higher is better

	291663

	14
	45

Higher is better

	23

	588
	784
	890

	1597
	3216
	3177

	49.261
	72.197
	70.844

iPhone 12 battery life

• Browsing test 60Hz
• Video Streaming
• 3D Gaming 60Hz
• Full Charge
• Endurance Rating

	8h 41 min
	9h 5 min

	6h 38 min
	6h 48 min
	7h 13 min
	6h 27 min
	4h 45 min

	6h 38 min
	4h 59 min

Lower is better

	1h 58 min
	1h 58 min
	1h 42 min
	1h 5 min
	1h 28 min
	1h 33 min
	2h 30 min

	7h 22 min
	6h 31 min

iPhone 12/12 Pro Charging Time using 20W Apple power adapter:

• in 15 minutes - 27%
• in 30 minutes - 55%
• in 45 minutes - 74%
• in 1 hour - 85%
• in 1 hour and 30 minutes - 95%
• FULL 100% CHARGE - 1 hour and 58 minutes

iPhone 12/12 Pro MagSafe wireless charging speed (w/ 18W iPhone 11 Pro charger):

• in 30 minutes - 29%
• in 1 hour - 54%
• in 1 hour and 30 minutes - 76%
• in 2 hours - 94%

iPhone 12 design

5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches

146.7 x 71.5 x 7.4 mm

5.78 oz (164 g)

5.7 x 2.77 x 0.31 inches

144.7 x 70.4 x 8 mm

5.33 oz (151 g)

6.29 x 2.93 x 0.33 inches

159.8 x 74.5 x 8.4 mm

6.70 oz (190 g)

6.33 x 2.92 x 0.33 inches

160.7 x 74.1 x 8.4 mm

6.63 oz (188 g)

iPhone 12 what is MagSafe?

Iphone 12 display.

• Screen measurements
• Color charts

	Maximum brightnessHigher is better	Lower is better	Higher is better			Lower is better	Lower is better
Apple iPhone 12	(Average)	(Good)	(Excellent)	(Excellent)		(Good)	(Average)
Google Pixel 5	(Average)	(Good)	(Excellent)	(Excellent)		(Excellent)	(Average)
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE	(Average)	(Good)	(Excellent)	(Excellent)		(Good)	(Average)
OnePlus 8T	(Average)	(Average)	(Excellent)	(Excellent)		(Good)	(Average)

• Color gamut
• Color accuracy
• Grayscale accuracy

Google Pixel 5

• Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

iPhone 12 speakers

iPhone 12 camera

• How to take Night Mode selfies on iPhone 12/Pro
• How to measure a person's height with iPhone 12 Pro
• How to record Dolby Vision HDR video on iPhone 12/Pro
• How to shoot Night mode Portrait with the iPhone 12 Pro/Max

iPhone 12 competitors

• Samsung Galaxy S21

• Lightweight, elegant design
• Crisp, bright display
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What to expect from Apple's September 9 iPhone 16 'Glowtime' event

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As regular as clockwork, Apple has declared it will be holding a special event on September 9. The event will introduce the iPhone 16, and will also feature other upcoming products in Apple's catalog.

Here's what hardware Apple may show off during what will be its most-watched event of the year.

Invitations were sent out to the media on August 26, inviting them to an in-person gathering at Apple Park. It will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater on the campus at 10 am P.T. on September 9.

The invite is headlined "It's Glowtime" along with a similarly-themed Apple logo. This is likely to be in reference to the multi-colored glowing effect on the edge of the iPhone display when Apple Intelligence is invoked.

The event will be live-streamed by Apple from its website and from its official YouTube account.

The date is unusual for Apple, since it's earlier than anyone expected. Rumors, analysis, and leakers claimed the event would happen on September 10 , a Tuesday, but it's actually one day earlier.

iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro

The jewel in Apple's crown is the iPhone , and for 2024, that will be the iPhone 16 generation. As usual, four models are expected, made up of the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max.

The iPhone 16 is anticipated to have similar-sized screens to the iPhone 15 for the non-Pro models, measuring 6.1 inches or 6.7 inches for the Plus version. The iPhone 16 Pro may gain around 0.2 inches apiece, becoming 6.3 inches and 6.9 inches.

The chips will also get a boost, with the A18 Pro adding more processing capability to the Pro models. The chip the standard iPhone 16 models will get should be effectively identical to the A17 Pro in the current-gen iPhones, with possibly a few tweaks.

This will make the iPhone 16 range entirely capable of performing the various AI functions that will arrive with Apple Intelligence in the future.

Apple is expected to change the camera arrangement on the non-Pro models to a vertical arrangement, slimming down the camera bump overall. We may see other changes, such as more sensors getting an upgrade to 48MP, or an expansion of the iPhone 15 Pro Max's Tetraprism lens to all Pro models.

There may be more changes on the outside, including the expansion of the Action button to all models, and even the long-rumored Capture button.

iPad and iPad mini

While not necessarily at the same strict cadence as the iPhone, the iPad could get its usual refresh at the same event. The last time it was updated was in the fall of 2022, making it due to get an update.

Few rumors have circulated about the iPad, but it is likely to get a chip bump to a newer A-series processor at the very least.

As the sixth-gen iPad mini was introduced in September 2021, that three-year gap could be enough for the compact model to get a similar spec bump.

With updates made to the iPad Air and iPad Pro line earlier in 2024, don't expect much from those two lines during the event.

Apple last updated the Mac mini in January 2023, so an update to the M4 this fall is a good prospect. The rumor mill has also offered claims that an update is inbound for the model sooner rather than later.

Current rumors for the M4 Mac mini include a long-awaited change in form factor, making it smaller. This will make it an even more compact Mac for the desktop, and possibly a visually striking departure from the well-worn current aluminum puck design.

It is also probable that the M4 Mac mini will be joined by an M4 Pro edition. Based on the previous release, it should look the same as the M4 version, but have a better chip driving the experience.

The 24-inch iMac was last updated in November 2023, bringing it to M3 . While it did skip over the M2 , it is thought that it won't miss out on the M4 update, despite the short sub-year gap between updates.

However, the desktop Mac may not be only offered in a single size. Rumors have proposed that a larger iMac is on the way, potentially as large as 32 inches versus 24 inches for the current model.

MacBook Pro

Frequently mentioned in rumors to arrive in late 2024, updates to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and 16-inch MacBook Pro stand a good chance of making an appearance.

With a one-year cadence for the M3 introduction in fall 2023, Apple can easily do the same again with the M4 editions in the coming weeks.

However, rumors have yet to offer any other major changes that could be on the way for the MacBook Pro range. It may end up being a simple spec bump upgrade this time around.

Apple Watch Series 10

The subject of quite a few rumors , the Apple Watch Series 10 could be known as the Series X, and undergo a potentially major set of updates befitting a milestone number.

This includes making the Apple Watch thinner and larger than ever before, possibly resulting in 45mm and 49mm sizes. The display could even be a bit bigger than the Apple Watch Ultra, at 50.8mm.

The changes may not necessarily be useful for users of older models, though. There have been rumors that the connectors for bands to attach to the Apple Watch itself could change for the next version, making older bands obsolete.

AirPods, AirPods Max

Apple has laid out a number of inbound changes for how AirPods will function in iOS 18 . It seems apt that new models could make an appearance during the September event.

For a start, AirPods 4 could expand the range with two variants, including a lower-cost model with an updated design and USB-C for the case. The second could be a mid-tier offering, with active noise cancellation and Find My built into the case.

After being released in December 2020, the AirPods Max have failed to be updated at all over this time. An update is long overdue, and price drops and rumors have promoted the idea that one is on the way.

So far, rumors have said there will be a shift to USB-C to join other Apple hardware, as well as a switch to the H2 chip. This could bring better noise cancellation and improve battery life.

What probably won't appear during the event

Some products are highly unlikely to be updated during the presentation, simply because they have received an update relatively recently.

For example, the iPad Pro models were updated to M4 earlier in 2024, alongside new models of iPad Air. It's been too little time between updates for that to occur.

In other cases, it's because rumors and analyst forecasts say that changes are further off into the future.

For example, the MacBook Air is expected to get another update in the spring of 2025. The Mac Studio and Mac Pro , while certainly in the timeframe for an update, are both anticipated to wait until 2025, with some estimates expecting a late 2025 update.

AirPods Pro was last updated in September 2022 with improvements to ANC and Transparency thanks to using H2, though it was later updated to include a USB-C charging case instead of Lightning. However, rumors indicate that a third-gen release may occur in 2025, not 2024.

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By including many of Apple's mainstream products in this article — iPhone, iPad, Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Pro, Apple Watch, AirPods — it is implied that Apple will announce new versions of all of these at the September 9 event. That would certainly be nice … but it's not likely, is it? If memory serves, Apple typically uses this event to introduce new iPhone and Apple Watch models … and sometimes new AirPods models — Apple's non-Mac products that we wear or carry with us. Other new models (Macs in particular) are often saved either to be announced during a separate future event (in October or November) or simply via press release.

I can't see Apple releasing updates to the Mac lineup at this event. Unless there really isn't much to talk about with iPhone or Apple Watch. By the time they get through the new iPhone, Apple Watch, possibly reintroducing some AI features (or announcing ones they couldn't talk about at WWDC) this will be a full event, or at least long enough o where if they added on any Macs it would make the event too long. Typically we see a late September or early to mid October event for the Macs. 

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Apple Event Announced for September 9: Here's What You Should Know

Apple has announced that its next special event will be held on Monday, September 9 starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time, meaning that the iPhone 16 series and other new products should be unveiled in just a few weeks from now.

How to Watch

As per usual, Apple will be streaming its latest event on the Apple Events website, on YouTube, and in the Apple TV app, allowing it to be watched on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, and a wide variety of other devices.

A placeholder for this Apple Event is already available on YouTube. You can click or tap on the "Notify me" button to receive an alert before the stream begins.

What to Expect

The following products are rumored to be announced at Apple's event:

• iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max : Key new features rumored for these devices include larger 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays with even thinner bezels, an A18 Pro chip optimized for Apple Intelligence, an all-new "Capture" button for photos and video recording, an upgraded 48-megapixel Ultra Wide camera, Wi-Fi 7 support, and more.
• iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus : Key new features rumored for the two standard iPhone 16 models include the Action button introduced on iPhone 15 Pro models, the Capture button, a variant of the A18 chip, vertically-aligned rear camera lenses that can capture Spatial Video for playback on the Vision Pro, and more.
• Apple Watch Series 10 : Apple Watch Series 10 models are rumored to feature larger displays and a thinner design.
• Apple Watch SE 3 : The next Apple Watch SE's casing could be made from colorful plastic like the iPhone 5c, rather than aluminum.
• Apple Watch Ultra 3 : No design changes are expected for the next Apple Watch Ultra, but it could be available in a darker finish.
• AirPods 4 : Two new fourth-generation AirPods models are expected, with both options rumored to feature a tweaked design with better fit, improved sound quality, and an updated charging case with a USB-C port. The higher-end AirPods 4 are also said to feature active noise cancellation, and a speaker in the charging case that can play a sound for Find My location tracking.

AirPods Max with a USB-C charging port instead of Lightning will be released in late 2024, according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman, but it is unclear if they will be announced at Apple's event next month. Gurman said the new AirPods Max will not be considered second-generation AirPods Max, and he said there will be no other changes , aside from the possibility of new color options. If so, the AirPods Max would miss out on Adaptive Audio features enabled by the H2 chip, which debuted in the AirPods Pro 2 a few years ago.

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Never have enough time to finish a movie anymore? Tired of paying for subscriptions that you don’t use? Watch ReelShort - Every Second is Drama. Tired of never finishing a movie or paying for unused subscriptions? Watch ReelShort — Every Second is Drama Say hello to ReelShort, a next-gen HD streaming short movie platform offering exclusive vertical TV mini series. Recognized by Times100 for our movie reels innovation in the entertainment industry, we're changing the way you watch movies with our one-minute short movie episodes that you can enjoy anytime, anywhere, all from the convenience of your phone with the ReelShort App. Choose from our TV mini series library packed with endless addictive movie shorts added daily, from romantic encounters with billionaires and heart-wrenching tragedies to epic comeback stories and more—you won't ever be short on short movie entertainment! Featured Shows: [Breaking the Ice] Single mom Caroline dumped her first love Easton Black eight years ago…But she never told him he got her pregnant! Now he’s the hottest hockey star in the league and Caroline's boss! Will Caroline tell him the truth, or is it all too late? Based on Shutout by Jami Davenport! [We Will Love Again] You left Noah Preston, the love of your life, when he was dirt poor and had nothing. Five years later, he's now a billionaire who's looking to acquire your company and make your life a living hell. Will you tell him the truth about why you really left him, or is it too late for a second chance at love? [The Double Life of a Billionaire Heiress] You married Wes Sterling out of love, but he thinks you are a cheating gold-digger! Fed up with Wes’s accusations and mistreatments, you finally divorce him and re-embrace your true identity...a billionaire heiress! What will Wes do when he realizes he made the biggest mistake of his life? Will you make him pay...or fall for him all over again? Here's why you'll love ReelShort: Bite-sized original movie shorts designed for on-the-go viewing •Exclusive short movies with juicy vertical content that will keep you hooked •New TV mini series added daily, with hundreds of new episodes each month •Hollywood-quality entertainment, crafted for the big screen delivered to your small screen •The first ever interactive live action short movies, where you decide what happens next Experience the future of short movie entertainment, one minute at a time — download ReelShort now! "Crazy Maple Studio is quietly changing the streaming game with its ReelShort app." - Time100 "The biggest player in this new genre is ReelShort." - New York Times "Every minute has a hook that keeps you watching." - Wall Street Journal "ReelShort, which has dozens of shows — similarly light on character development and packed with curveballs — made for binge-watching in minutes." - Washington Post Follow Us on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelshortapp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reelshortapp YouTube: https://youtube.com/@reelshortapp TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelshortapp ReelShort's Website: https://www.reelshort.com Notice: If you subscribe through Apple, the payment will be deducted from your App Store account upon purchase confirmation. Subscription privileges: While your subscription is active, you can watch all tv mini series for free. Your subscription will take effect within 24 hours after purchase, depending on the status of your order in the Apple Store. The subscription is valid for 7 days. Auto-Renewal: Your subscription will automatically renew. You will be charged within 24 hours before the start of each subscription period until you cancel your subscription. Cancellation: On iOS devices, you can cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the next renewal date by going to Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > View Apple ID > Subscriptions > ReelShort. The subscription is billed weekly. The actual price may vary by region. Terms of Service: https://crazymaplestudios.com/v/user-agreement Privacy Policy: https://crazymaplestudios.com/v/privacy-agreement

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I didn’t expect to enjoy this app as much as I did. The stories are so intriguing and I was a little shocked to see K-dramas. I do wish that some of the K-dramas weren’t voiced by English actors though. I prefer just reading subtitles. It gets irritating when the mouth and words don’t match. I’m not the biggest fan of the ad situation, but I also don’t mind it either. I wish every episode was 2 minutes long and that there wasn’t a recap at the beginning. I noticed there aren’t many shows but I don’t know how long this app has been a thing so I hope more are to come. Overall I love the app. The acting is cringe at times but not as bad as some reviews make it seem. I can tell there’s a low budget so I wouldn’t expect too much anyway. Plus I feel like bad acting can make shows funnier. Still this app eats every show it puts out. I get so invested off of just a trailer. I feel like the use of adds and coins brings back what it felt like to watch shows on cable TV. Sometimes the anticipation made the show better. I also loved commercial bathroom breaks. At least I’m not waiting for a 1-2 minute clip everyday. I only have to watch an ad.

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Normally I do not leave reviews especially negative ones. These shorts are really entertaining and I ultimately enjoy watching them. However, I am very disappointed and upset that each “short” takes up a various amount of your coins. I started out watching every ad to get my coins for the day which landed me just over 230 coins. So I was a bit excited to watch more of the series I have been trying to get through. I figured that I would be able to watch at least 4 to 5 shorts (5 minutes or so of the series for the day) but I didn’t even get that. I was able to watch two which were less then a minute long. Afterwards it says I do not have enough coins. I would give this app a 5 star review if it wasn’t for the fact that somehow the price for each short adjusts based on how many coins you have. On top of that you cannot see the price of how much each episode costs until you are out of coins. Yesterday, the next episode said it was 58 coins. Today I had over 230 coins and was only able to watch two episodes? In other words one episode cost 58 coins and the next one took the rest. It seems like a major scam to get people to really fork out the money for the game without realizing what is going on. If the company fixes the issues then I will come back and update my review. If not my review will stay. Thank you for reading. Again this is not something I do in fact this is the first review I have ever done but I would hate to see people get scammed.

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This app is a money grab. I downloaded it because I kept getting an ad for one show. I was like I might as well watch it. They prompt you every like 7 words to buy the app or watch more shows. It’s ridiculously expensive for corny shows. It cost more to buy this app then ANY streaming services and the shows are short and corny. I don’t think anyone besides children who aren’t spending their own money would do that. Anyway I watched one show over like a month would watch the ads whenever I was bored enough to do it then I get to the end of the show and they won’t let me watch the last few episodes without paying I can no longer use adds. As if they don’t make money from the ads already. Luckily because the show is corny and predictable I already know how it ends so it is what it is. And it’s $20 a week (which is $100-$120 a month, $1040 a year). not even for unlimited shows you get a certain about of coins that let you watch certain shows. It’s all confusing and a way to take money. The most expensive streaming service I know of hulus bundle with live tv is like $74 a month and that’s 3 services AND live tv. The ads are all over a minute long for less than an minute of content you will be wasting your time if you are using this app. I wouldn’t waste your time with this app. Just watch your corny shows on your normal streaming platform and save yourself the time, energy, and money. You’re not missing anything by skipping this app.

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This MagSafe-compatible Belkin iPhone mount improves the quality of your video calls, conference calls, and content creation by using your iPhone device’s rear camera as a high-quality webcam. Simply attach your MagSafe-compatible iPhone to your Mac notebook using the magnetic mount and start enjoying supercharged video calls hands-free. Get more out of the experience by using it as a stylish ring grip or convenient kickstand at your desk. Belkin is an established accessories market leader creating high-quality, innovative tech solutions for 40 years. Specifications: Compatibility: iPhone 15 series, iPhone 14 series, iPhone 13 series, iPhone 12 series, MacBook Air M2, MacBook Air M1, MacBook Air Retina 13”, MacBook Pro M2 13”, MacBook Pro M1 13”, MacBook Pro 13”, MacBook Pro 14”, MacBook Pro 15”, MacBook Pro 16”, MacBook Retina 12”, MagSafe-compatible cases This product is made with a minimum of 72% post-consumer recycled content, and 100% plastic free packaging.

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Customers like the quality, magnet strength, adhesion, appearance and comfort of the portable electronic device mount. For example, they mention it's a solid product, the magnet works really well and the arm for laptop use is durable. They appreciate the comfort, and ease of installation. That said, opinions are mixed on performance, and size.

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Customers like the quality of the portable electronic device mount. They say it's a solid product, strong, and durable. The arm for laptop use is stable, and has no actual manufacturing flaws. The stand holds up the phone very well, and it can also be used as a stand holder. It's strong enough to hold an iPhone 15 Pro. It completely changes the quality on video calls.

" Solid product , really "sticks" magnetically to your phone, it feels safe...." Read more

"...This sleek, white mount transforms my Samsung phone into a high-quality webcam , using its powerful rear camera to deliver crystal-clear video...." Read more

"... Solid and firm magnetic grip with no mobility issues.When you are using this on an iPhone with a case on it, it’s not so great...." Read more

"The product itself works as intended and has had no actual manufacturing flaws or quality issues so I am giving this five stars... but... I have to..." Read more

Customers like the magnet strength of the portable electronic device mount. They mention it has a very strong magnet, a firm magnetic grip, and it really sticks magnetically to their phone. The ring hinges out and provides a secure ring-grip. The MagSafe technology latches onto the iPhone securely, allowing for a worry-free, stable connection.

"Solid product, really "sticks" magnetically to your phone , it feels safe...." Read more

"...Solid and firm magnetic grip with no mobility issues.When you are using this on an iPhone with a case on it, it’s not so great...." Read more

"...Now....The magnet barely holds on . As a stand it is somewhat stable. As a Laptop Mount Camera....At your own risk. Cheers!..." Read more

"Awesome product. Magnet is strong . Never worry about the phone falling off. Works great." Read more

Customers like the adhesion of the mount. They say it attaches securely to the back of their Mag Safe compatible iPhone, hangs onto their laptop well, and slips into one spot perfectly. The mount is stiff enough to stay put and provides a stable setup for high-quality video calls.

"... Hooks beautifully to the top of my Macbook so I can use my iPhone as a much better-quality webcam" Read more

"...it’s time to film, it easily attaches to my laptop, providing a stable setup for high-quality video calls and content creation." Read more

"Magnet was strong but the hingle is very loose so doesn’t stay up " Read more

"This mount attaches securely to the back of your Mag Safe compatible iPhone...." Read more

Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the portable electronic device mount. They mention that it is sleek, and blends beautifully with their MacBook Pro. The look and material gives the product class compared to others. The matte black with nickel accent looks great on their black case. They appreciate the commitment to innovation and user-friendly design. The strong magnet, ergonomic design, stiff stand adjustment for secure, and super simple and very sturdy.

"...This sleek , white mount transforms my Samsung phone into a high-quality webcam, using its powerful rear camera to deliver crystal-clear video...." Read more

"...The design deserves high praise as well. Sleek and black , it blends beautifully with my MacBook Pro, maintaining the professional aesthetic of my..." Read more

"...Belkin iPhone MagSafe Camera Mount IS STURDY AND USER-FRIENDLY ." Read more

"...So now it all works and looks amazing in my conferences which I’m very happy about...." Read more

Customers like the comfort of the portable electronic device mount. They mention it feels great when using it as a holder, and they love the rubberized texture to keep their phone in place.

"...This mount is extremely high quality and feels very good . The biggest issue here is too many user variables. Meaning?..." Read more

"This is a nice premium feeling magstand...." Read more

"... Overall feel of this item is good . MafSafe magnet is good!..." Read more

"I have two because i just love the rubberized texture to keep my phone in place and my case scratch less...." Read more

Customers find the installation process of the portable electronic device mount to be easy. They mention that it requires no additional tools or convoluted instructions. They also appreciate the seamless integration and the fact that it easily attaches to their laptop.

"...And when it’s time to film, it easily attaches to my laptop , providing a stable setup for high-quality video calls and content creation." Read more

"...From ease of setup to the quality of the results, this product is truly a testament to Belkin’s commitment to innovation and user-friendly..." Read more

"...It is a super easy set up and completely changes the quality of your video calls with family and friends...." Read more

"... Easy to set up , easy to manage it. could be a little pricey but the quality of the material worth it...." Read more

Customers are mixed about the performance of the portable electronic device mount. Some mention it works great for their purposes, and with quality cases. It works well as a stand, and is perfect for use with the new Continuity Camera features in iOS and macOS. However, others say that it's completely ineffective, not that useful other than as a webcam holder, and doesn't really work with a desktop monitor.

" Awesome product . Magnet is strong. Never worry about the phone falling off. Works great." Read more

"...this five stars... but... I have to say that this simply did not meet my needs in the long run and I went with a laptop monitor camera mount, that..." Read more

"The box does not mention iPhone 15 models, but it works great with iPhone 15 Pro ." Read more

" Perfect for use with the new Continuity Camera features in iOS and macOS. Construction is very solid and feels expensive!..." Read more

Customers have mixed opinions about the size of the portable electronic device mount. Some mention that it's compact and lightweight, making it easily portable. The profile is slim for its utility, and it fits perfectly into their daily routine. However, others say that it’s not meant for larger phones, and the hook is too small.

"...I’m using it as a phone stand or taking a selfie, it fits perfectly into my daily routine ...." Read more

"...I ordered and it came quick just didnt fit my MacBook because I have a case that covers all of it...." Read more

"...It’s compact and lightweight, making it easily portable and perfect for those on the go...." Read more

"...the hook is too small . Because of this, I had to return the item and opt for a different mount...." Read more

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• 1 Pricing for iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus includes a $30 connectivity discount that requires activation with AT&T, T‑Mobile, or Verizon. Pricing shown for iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and iPhone 13 includes a $30 connectivity discount for Verizon and T-Mobile customers that requires activation and would otherwise be $30 higher for all other customers. Available to qualified customers and requires 24‑month installment loan when you select Citizens One or Apple Card Monthly Installments (ACMI) as payment type at checkout at Apple. You’ll need to select AT&T, T‑Mobile, or Verizon as your carrier when you check out. An iPhone purchased with ACMI is always unlocked, so you can switch carriers at any time. Subject to credit approval and credit limit. Taxes and shipping are not included in ACMI and are subject to your card’s variable APR. Additional Apple Card Monthly Installments terms are in the Apple Card Customer Agreement . Additional iPhone Payments terms are here . ACMI is not available for purchases made online at special storefronts. The last month’s payment for each product will be the product’s purchase price, less all other payments at the monthly payment amount. ACMI financing is subject to change at any time for any reason, including but not limited to, installment term lengths and eligible products. See support.apple.com/kb/HT211204 for information about upcoming changes to ACMI financing.
• 2 Trade-in values will vary based on the condition, year, and configuration of your eligible trade-in device. Not all devices are eligible for credit. You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Gift Card. Trade-in value may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase, or added to an Apple Gift Card. Actual value awarded is based on receipt of a qualifying device matching the description provided when estimate was made. Sales tax maybe assessed on full value of a new device purchase. In-store trade-in requires presentation of a valid photo ID (local law may require saving this information). Offer may not be available in all stores, and may vary between in-store and online trade-in. Some stores may have additional requirements. Apple or its trade-in partners reserve the right to refuse or limit quantity of any trade-in transaction for any reason. More details are available from Apple’s trade-in partner for trade-in and recycling of eligible devices. Restrictions and limitations may apply.
• 1 The display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 5.42 inches (iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 12 mini), 5.85 inches (iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone X S , iPhone X), 6.06 inches (iPhone 14, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone X R ), 6.12 inches (iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15, iPhone 14 Pro), 6.46 inches (iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone X S  Max), 6.68 inches (iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro Max), or 6.69 inches (iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro Max) diagonally. Actual viewable area is less.
• 2 Service is included for free for two years with the activation of any iPhone 14 or iPhone 15 model. Connection and response times vary based on location, site conditions, and other factors. See support.apple.com/kb/HT213885 for more information.
• 3 iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15, and iPhone 15 Pro can detect a severe car crash and call for help. Requires a cellular connection or Wi-Fi calling.
• 4 All battery claims depend on network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. Battery has limited recharge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and charge cycles vary by use and settings. See apple.com/batteries and apple.com/iphone/battery.html for more information.
• 5 USB 3 cable with 10Gb/s speed required.
• 6 Data plan required. 5G, Gigabit LTE, LTE, VoLTE, and Wi-Fi calling are available in select markets and through select carriers. Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and vary based on site conditions and carrier. For details on 5G and LTE support, contact your carrier and see apple.com/iphone/cellular .
• 7 iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone X S , iPhone X S  Max, iPhone X R , iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15, and iPhone 15 Plus are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions; iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15, and iPhone 15 Plus have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes); iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 4 meters up to 30 minutes); iPhone X S , iPhone X S  Max, and iPhone 11 have a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes); and iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone X R , iPhone SE (2nd generation), and iPhone SE (3rd generation) have a rating of IP67 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 1 meter up to 30 minutes). Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions. Resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge a wet iPhone; refer to the user guide for cleaning and drying instructions. Liquid damage not covered under warranty.
• 8 Available space is less and varies due to many factors. A standard configuration uses approximately 12GB to 17GB of space, including iOS 17 with its latest features and Apple apps that can be deleted. Apple apps that can be deleted use about 4.5GB of space, and you can download them back from the App Store. Storage capacity subject to change based on software version, settings, and iPhone model.
• 9 Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
• 10 Wi‑Fi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.
• 11 Ultra Wideband availability varies by region.
• 12 Apple Cash services are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more about the Terms and Conditions . Only available in the U.S. on eligible devices. To send and receive money with an Apple Cash account, you must be 18 and a U.S. resident. If you’re under 18, your family organizer can set up Apple Cash for you as part of their Apple Cash Family account, but you may not be able to access features that require a supported payment card. Security checks may require more time to make funds available. Apple Cash Family accounts can send up to $2000 per transaction and receive up to $2000 within a seven-day period. To access and use all Apple Cash features, you must have an eligible device with Wallet that supports and has the latest version of iOS.
• 13 Available only in select cities and transit systems. Requires eligible device and OS version. See here for details .
• 14 Merchant offers may change at any time.
• 15 Apple Card Family Participants and Co-Owners do not need to have a familial relationship but must be part of the same Apple Family Sharing group. To access and use all Apple Card features and products available only to Apple Card users, you must add Apple Card to Wallet on an iPhone or iPad that supports and has the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. Apple Card is subject to credit approval, available only for qualifying applicants in the United States, and issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch. If you reside in the U.S. territories, please call Goldman Sachs at 877-255-5923 with questions about Apple Card.
• 16 FaceTime calling requires a FaceTime-enabled device for the caller and recipient and a Wi-Fi connection. Availability over a cellular network depends on carrier policies; data charges may apply.
• 17 Siri may not be available in all languages or in all areas, and features may vary by area. Internet access required. Cellular data charges may apply.
• 18 “Hey Siri” on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus requires connection to power.
• 19 Wireless chargers sold separately.
• 20 Testing conducted by Apple in August 2017 using preproduction iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus units and software, and in August 2018 using preproduction iPhone X S , iPhone X S  Max, and iPhone X R  units and software, with accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapters (18W Model A1720, 29W Model A1540, 30W Model A1882, 61W Model A1718, 87W Model A1719). Testing conducted by Apple in August 2019 using preproduction iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapters (18W Model A1720, 29W Model A1540, 30W Model A1882, 61W Model A1947, and 87W Model A1719). Testing conducted by Apple in February 2020 using preproduction iPhone SE (2nd generation) units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapters (18W Model A1720 and 30W Model A1882). Testing conducted by Apple in September 2020 using preproduction iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Testing conducted by Apple in August 2021 using preproduction iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Testing conducted by Apple in February 2022 using preproduction iPhone SE (3rd generation) units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Testing conducted by Apple in August 2022 using preproduction iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Testing conducted by Apple in August 2023 using preproduction iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max units and software and accessory Apple USB-C Power Adapter (20W Model A2305). Fast-charge testing conducted with drained iPhone units. Charge time varies with settings and environmental factors; actual results will vary.
• 21 iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 models are activated with an eSIM and do not support a physical SIM. Use of eSIM requires a wireless service plan (which may include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after contract expiration). Not all carriers support eSIM. Use of eSIM in iPhone may be disabled when purchased from some carriers. See your carrier for details. To learn more, visit apple.com/esim

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